Cat Emojis
15 emojis tagged cat in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.
Cat emojis cover both house cats and big cats — 🐱 cat face, 🐈 cat, 🐯 tiger face, 🐅 tiger, 🐆 leopard, 🐈⬛ black cat (added 2020), plus expressive cat-face variants 😺 grinning cat, 😸 grinning cat with smiling eyes, 😹 cat with tears of joy, 😻 smiling cat with heart-eyes, 😼 cat with wry smile, 😽 kissing cat, 🙀 weary cat, 😿 crying cat, and 😾 pouting cat. The emoji cat-face series exactly mirrors the human face series, intended as feline reactions to your message. Use them for pet photos, cat-content captions, and ironic "i am cat" memes.
Frequently asked about cat emojis
Why does every cat face have a human-face equivalent?
Unicode included a parallel set of cat-face emojis (😺 through 😿) mirroring the basic human-face emotions. The intent was to give designers and users a 'cat reaction' option without inventing new emotions. Apple's renderings make the parallel especially obvious.
When was 🐈⬛ black cat added?
🐈⬛ black cat was added in Unicode 13 (2020) using a ZWJ sequence (cat + black square). It's distinct from 🐈 cat, which renders in various non-black colors across platforms (often orange tabby on Apple). Black-cat lovers and Halloween posts pushed for its inclusion.
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