Copy and paste the Cat Face emoji (🐱) in one click. Explore its Animals & Nature meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+1F431).
Unicode Definition: A cute domestic cat face with pointed perky ears, whiskers, and bright expressive eyes.
Context & Expression: Signifies affection for cats, curious independence, cozy domestic warmth, or playful feline mischief.
Context Tip: Pairing Cat Face (🐱) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Internet royalty emoji—the backbone of cat memes, cozy Sunday morning cuddles, and feline humor.
Combine 🐱 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Cat Face emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
My cat fell asleep directly on my computer keyboard mid-sentence.
Classic feline management style 🐱 you are legally forbidden from moving until naptime ends
Guess I'm taking an unplanned 30-minute break!
Apple shows a gentle yellow-tan tabby with white whiskers; Google features a ginger cat face; Microsoft renders clean vector whisker contours.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | 🐱 | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | 🐱 | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | 🐱 | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | 🐱 | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | 🐱 | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | 🐱 |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Cat Face |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F431 |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 🐱 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 🐱 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F431 |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F431} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 B1 |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :cat_face: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
| Category & Subgroup | Animals & Nature (mammals) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Signifies affection for cats, curious independence, cozy domestic warmth, or playful feline mischief. It belongs to the Animals & Nature category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).
Internet royalty emoji—the backbone of cat memes, cozy Sunday morning cuddles, and feline humor.
Click the "Copy Emoji (🐱)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+1F431 (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 🐱 or 🐱; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F431"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F431}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :cat_face:.
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