Emoji Chart
🐈U+1F408

Cat emoji

Seen from the side, this full-bodied cat is shown whole rather than just as a face. It is a go-to for cats of all kinds, pet-owner posts, cat-themed jokes and everyday talk about feline companions.

Unicode name
cat
Category
Animals & nature, Mammals
Added
Emoji 0.7 in 2014
Code points
U+1F408
Shortcode
:cat2:
Keywords
animal, animals, cat, cats, kitten, pet

How it looks

🐈
Your device
Cat emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Cat emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Cat emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Emoji that include 🐈

How to type 🐈

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “cat”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “cat”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “cat”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “cat”.
GitHub
Type :cat2: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolgatogatete, gato, minino
Françaischatanimal, animal domestique, chat, chaton, miaou, miauler
DeutschKatzeHaustier, Katze, miau, Tier
Italianogattoanimale, cucciolo, domestico, gatta, gattina, gattino, miao, micino, micio
Portuguêsgatoanimal, felino, gato
Nederlandskatdier, dieren, huisdier, kat, katten, kitten
Svenskakattdjur, katt
Polskikotkot, kotek, zwierzę
Türkçekedihayvan, kedi, pisi pisi, sarman
Русскийкошкаживотное, кот, котенок, кошка, питомец
Українськакітдомашній улюбленець, кіт, коша, тварина
Ελληνικάγάταγάτα, γάτες, ζώα, ζώο, κατοικίδιο, ψιψίνα
العربيةقطةاليف, بسة, بسينة, بيسة, حيوان, قط, قطة, هريرة
עבריתחתולבעל חיים, חיית מחמד, חתול
فارسیگربهجانور, حیوان, حیوان خانگی, گربه
हिन्दीबिल्लीपशु, बिल्ली
বাংলাবিড়ালপশুপাখি, পোষ্য, বিড়াল
Bahasa Indonesiakucinganak kucing, binatang, hewan, kucing, peliharaan
Tiếng Việtmèođộng vật, mèo, thú cưng
ไทยแมวแมว, สัตว์
日本語ネコネコ, ペット, 動物, 猫
한국어고양이고양이, 괭이, 냐옹이, 동물, 새끼 고양이, 애완동물, 야옹이, 집사
中文（简体）猫宠物, 小猫, 猫
中文（繁體）貓小貓, 貓
Names in 97 more languages
Afrikaanskat
Akanͻkra
Albanianmace
Amharicድመት
Aniiganyaʊ
Armenianկատու
Assameseমেকুৰী
Azerbaijanipişik
Bashkirбесәй
Basquekatua
Belarusianкот
Bosnianmačka
Bretonkazh
Bulgarianкотка
Burmeseကြောင်
Cantonese貓
Cantonese (Simplified)猫
Catalangat
CherokeeᏪᏌ
Chuvashкушак
Croatianmačka
Czechkočka
Danishkat
Estoniankass
Faroeseketta
Filipinopusa
Finnishkissa
Galiciangato
Georgianკატა
Gujaratiબિલાડી
Hausakyanwa
Hungarianmacska
Icelandicköttur
Igbonwaologbo
Irishcat
Javanesekucing
Kalaallisutkat
Kannadaಬೆಕ್ಕು
Kazakhмысық
Kazakh (Arabic)مىسىق
Khmerឆ្មា
Kinyarwandainjangwe
Konkaniमाजर
Kurdishpisîk
Kyrgyzмышык
KʼicheʼMe’s
Laoແມວ
Latviankaķis
Lithuaniankatė
Lower Sorbiankócka
LuxembourgishKaz
Macedonianмачка
Malaykucing
Malayalamപൂച്ച
Malteseqattus
Marathiमांजर
Mongolianмуур
Māoringeru
Nepaliबिरालो
Nigerian PidginKat
Northern Sothokatse
Norwegiankatt
Odiaବିରାଡ଼ି
Oromoadurree
Pashtoپيشو
Punjabiਬਿੱਲੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)بلی
Quechuamisi
Romanianpisică
Romanshgiat
Sardiniangatu
Scottish Gaeliccat
Serbianмачка
Serbian (Latin)mačka
Shanမႅဝ်း
Sindhiٻلي
Sinhalaබළලා
Slovakmačka
Slovenianmačka
Somalibisad
Swahilipaka
Tajikгурба
Tamilபூனை
Teluguపిల్లి
Tigrinyaድሙ
Tonganpusi
Tswanakatse
Turkmenpişik
Upper Sorbiankóčka
Urduبلی
Uyghurمۈشۈك
Uzbekmushuk
Welshcath
Wolofmuus
Xhosaikati
YorubaOlóńgbò
Zuluikati

Codes

Code points
U+1F408
HTML
🐈
CSS
\1F408
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F408}
Python
\U0001F408
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 88
UTF-16
D83D DC08
URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%88

Questions

What does the 🐈 cat emoji mean?

Seen from the side, this full-bodied cat is shown whole rather than just as a face. It is a go-to for cats of all kinds, pet-owner posts, cat-themed jokes and everyday talk about feline companions.

How do I type the 🐈 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “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 :cat2:.

When was the 🐈 emoji added?

🐈 was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

What is the Unicode code point for 🐈?

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

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