🐈‍⬛U+1F408 U+200D U+2B1B

Black cat emoji

Q: When was the 🐈⬛ emoji added?

🐈⬛ was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

Q: What is the Unicode code point for 🐈⬛?

U+1F408 U+200D U+2B1B. In HTML you can write 🐈⬛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F408}\u{200D}\u{2B1B}.

All-black fur sets this cat apart. It is tied to Halloween and witches, and to the old superstition that a black cat crossing your path brings bad luck, but it is also used simply for pets and cats.

Unicode name: black cat
Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
Added: Emoji 13.0 in 2020
Code points: U+1F408 U+200D U+2B1B
Shortcode: :black_cat:
Keywords: animal, black, cat, feline, halloween, meow, unlucky

How it looks

🐈‍⬛

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What it's made of

🐈‍⬛ is 3 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

🐈CatU+1F408
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
⬛Black large squareU+2B1B

How to type 🐈‍⬛

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “black cat”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “black cat”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “black cat”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “black cat”.
GitHub: Type :black_cat: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	gato negro	gato, mala suerte, negro
Français	chat noir	animal, chat, chaton, félin, halloween, malchanceux, matou, miaou, noir, superstition
Deutsch	schwarze Katze	Kater, Katze, miau, Pech, schwarz, schwarze Katze, schwarzer Kater, Tier, Unglück
Italiano	gatto nero	animale, felino, gatto, halloween, miao, micio, nero, sfiga, sfortuna
Português	gato preto	animal, azar, dia das bruxas, felino, gata, gato, halloween, miado, miau, preto
Nederlands	zwarte kat	dier, halloween, kat, katachtig, miauw, pech, zwart
Svenska	svart katt	djur, halloween, katt, mjau, otur, skrock, svart
Polski	czarny kot	czarny, kot, nieszczęście, pech, przesąd, zabobon, zwierzę
Türkçe	kara kedi	cadılar bayramı, halloween, hayvan, kara, kedi, miyav, uğursuz
Русский	черная кошка	кот, кошка, мяу, несчастье, неудача, плохая, примета, черная, черный
Українська	чорний кіт	кіт, кішка, мяу, невдаха, невдача, нещастя, погана прикмета, тварина, чорний
Ελληνικά	μαύρη γάτα	γάτα, ζώο, κακή τύχη, κακοτυχία, μαύρη, νιάου
العربية	هرّ أسود	أسود, أليف, حيوان, سوداء, سيئ الحظ, شؤم, طبيعة, فأل سيء, قطة, مياو, هر, هرّ أسود
עברית	חתול שחור	חתול, חתלתול, מיאו, שחור
فارسی	گربه سیاه	بدشانس, جاندار, جانور, حیوان, سیاه, گربه, گربه سان, گربه‌سان, میو, هالووین
हिन्दी	काली बिल्ली	अशुभ, काली, जानवर, डरावना, पालतू, बिल्ली, म्याऊं, हेलोवीन
বাংলা	কালো বেড়াল	কালো, কালো বিড়াল, দুর্ভাগ্য, পশু, প্রাণী, বেড়াল, মিউ
Bahasa Indonesia	kucing hitam	binatang, hewan, hitam, kesialan, kucing, meong, mitos, nasib buruk, sial, takhayul
Tiếng Việt	mèo đen	đen, động vật, meo, mèo, vận đen
ไทย	แมวดำ	โชคร้าย, ดำ, แมว, สัตว์, เหมียว, ฮาโลวีน
日本語	黒猫	ネコ, 不吉, 動物, 猫, 黒, 黒猫
한국어	검은 고양이	검은, 고양이, 고양이 같은, 동물, 불길한, 불행, 야옹, 할로윈, 핼러윈
中文（简体）	黑猫	万圣节, 不吉利, 动物, 喵, 喵星人, 猫, 猫科, 黑猫, 黑色
中文（繁體）	黑貓	不幸, 動物, 喵, 萬聖節, 貓, 貓咪, 黑, 黑色, 黑貓

Names in 82 more languages

Afrikaans	swart kat
Akan	ͻkra tuntum
Albanian	mace e zezë
Amharic	ጥቁር ድመት
Anii	ganyaʊ gaɖono
Armenian	սև կատու
Assamese	ক’লা মেকুৰী
Azerbaijani	qara pişik
Bashkir	ҡара бесәй
Basque	katu beltza
Belarusian	чорны кот
Bosnian	crna mačka
Breton	kazh du
Bulgarian	черна котка
Burmese	ကြောင်နက်
Cantonese	黑貓
Cantonese (Simplified)	黑猫
Catalan	gat negre
Cherokee	ᎬᎿᎨ ᏪᏌ
Chuvash	хура кушак
Croatian	crna mačka
Czech	černá kočka
Danish	sort kat
Estonian	must kass
Faroese	svørt ketta
Filipino	itim na pusa
Finnish	musta kissa
Galician	gato negro
Georgian	შავი კატა
Gujarati	કાળી બિલાડી
Hausa	Bakin kyanwa
Hungarian	fekete macska
Icelandic	svartur köttur
Igbo	nwamba ojii
Irish	cat dubh
Javanese	kucing ireng
Kannada	ಕಪ್ಪು ಬೆಕ್ಕು
Kazakh	қара мысық
Kazakh (Arabic)	قارا مىسىق
Khmer	ឆ្មារខ្មៅ
Konkani	काळें माजर
Kyrgyz	кара мышык
Lao	ແມວດຳ
Latvian	melns kaķis
Lithuanian	juoda katė
Lower Sorbian	carna kócka
Macedonian	црна мачка
Malay	kucing hitam
Malayalam	കറുത്ത പൂച്ച
Marathi	काळी मांजर
Mongolian	хар муур
Nepali	कालो बिरालो
Nigerian Pidgin	Blák Kat
Norwegian	svart katt
Odia	କଳା ବିରାଡି
Oromo	adurree gurraattii
Pashto	توره پیشو
Punjabi	ਕਾਲੀ ਬਿੱਲੀ
Quechua	yana misi
Romanian	pisică neagră
Romansh	giat nair
Sardinian	gatu nieddu
Scottish Gaelic	cat dubh
Serbian	црна мачка
Serbian (Latin)	crna mačka
Shan	မႅဝ်းလမ်
Sindhi	ڪاري ٻليءَ
Sinhala	කළු බළලා
Slovak	čierna mačka
Slovenian	črna mačka
Somali	bisadda madoow
Swahili	paka mweusi
Tamil	கருப்புப் பூனை
Telugu	నల్ల పిల్లి
Tigrinya	ጸሊም ድሙ
Turkmen	gara pişik
Upper Sorbian	čorna kóčka
Urdu	کالی بلی
Uzbek	qora mushuk
Welsh	cath ddu
Yoruba	ológbò dúdú
Zulu	ikati elimnyama

Codes

Code points: U+1F408 U+200D U+2B1B
HTML: 🐈‍⬛
CSS: \1F408\200D\2B1B
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F408}\u{200D}\u{2B1B}
Python: \U0001F408\u200D\u2B1B
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 90 88 E2 80 8D E2 AC 9B
UTF-16: D83D DC08 200D 2B1B
URL encoded: %F0%9F%90%88%E2%80%8D%E2%AC%9B

Questions

What does the 🐈‍⬛ black cat emoji mean?

All-black fur sets this cat apart. It is tied to Halloween and witches, and to the old superstition that a black cat crossing your path brings bad luck, but it is also used simply for pets and cats.

How do I type the 🐈‍⬛ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black cat”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :black_cat:.

When was the 🐈‍⬛ emoji added?

🐈‍⬛ was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

What is the Unicode code point for 🐈‍⬛?

U+1F408 U+200D U+2B1B. In HTML you can write 🐈‍⬛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F408}\u{200D}\u{2B1B}.