Kissing cat Emoji

Smileys

A cartoon cat face with puckered lips and closed, curved eyes. The expression captures a playful, affectionate look meant to simulate a feline blowing a kiss.

Usage Context

Used to express love, gratitude, or a flirty tone in text messages. It is frequently sent by cat lovers or as a softer, more whimsical alternative to the standard 😘 to add a layer of playful personality to a conversation.

History

Part of the initial wave of cat-themed emojis brought to the global stage when Unicode adopted standard pictographs in 2010. These cat variants were inspired by early Japanese mobile carrier sets, which often expanded basic human emotions into animal-based caricatures for more expressive digital communication.

Details

Glyph

😽

Unicode

U+1F63D

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f63d:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE3D;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory cat-face

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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