Smiling cat with heart-eyes Emoji

Smileys

A cartoon cat face wearing a content, closed-mouth grin with two bright red hearts where its eyes should be. It takes the familiar design of the standard smiling face with heart-eyes and swaps the human features for feline ones.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to express intense adoration or infatuation, particularly when the sender is talking about their pets, a favorite animal, or someone they have a crush on. It is a more specific, playful alternative to the standard 😍 and pairs well with other animal-themed icons like 😸 or 😺.

History

Part of the original wave of emoji added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the cat variant series was designed to add a layer of personality and playfulness to mobile messaging. These cat-themed icons became instant staples on Japanese carrier networks before eventually gaining global popularity as a way to soften digital communication.

Details

Glyph

😻

Unicode

U+1F63B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f63b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE3B;

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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