Cat Emoji
This emoji shows a cat with its full body facing left. It is generally depicted as a light-orange cat with stripes and a tail in an upright position. Only on the Google platform, it shows a light-orange cats sitting down on its hind legs.
Cat is a fully-qualified emoji encoded in Unicode 6.0 , and included in Emoji 0.7.
This emoji is part of the Animals & Nature and is grouped with other Animal Mammal emojis. Part of the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
- animal
- animals
- cat
- cats
- kitten
- pet
Copy and paste the Cat emoji:
- 🐈
Codes & Encoding for the Cat Emoji
Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.
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Codepoint
U+1F408✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
🐈✓ Copied -
HTML (hex)
🐈✓ Copied -
CSS
\1F408✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{1F408}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%F0%9F%90%88✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:cat:✓ Copied - Unicode block Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
How to Type the Cat Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :cat: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :cat: (autocompletes to the emoji)
Cat Emoji on Different Platforms
How to Use the Cat Emoji
- My cat is sleeping 🐈
- Loving my new cat 🐈
- Cat cuddles are best 🐈