# 🐈 Cat emoji

🐈 Cat is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: animal, animals, cats, kitten and pet.

- Emoji: 🐈
- Unicode name: cat
- Code points: U+1F408
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :cat2:
- Keywords: animal, animals, cat, cats, kitten, pet
- Page: https://emojichart.com/cat-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Emoji that include 🐈

- 🐈‍⬛ [Black cat](https://emojichart.com/black-cat-emoji.md)

## 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | gato | gatete, gato, minino |
| Français (fr) | chat | animal, animal domestique, chat, chaton, miaou, miauler |
| Deutsch (de) | Katze | Haustier, Katze, miau, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | gatto | animale, cucciolo, domestico, gatta, gattina, gattino, miao, micino, micio |
| Português (pt) | gato | animal, felino, gato |
| Nederlands (nl) | kat | dier, dieren, huisdier, kat, katten, kitten |
| Svenska (sv) | katt | djur, katt |
| Polski (pl) | kot | kot, kotek, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kedi | hayvan, kedi, pisi pisi, sarman |
| Русский (ru) | кошка | животное, кот, котенок, кошка, питомец |
| Українська (uk) | кіт | домашній улюбленець, кіт, коша, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γάτα | γάτα, γάτες, ζώα, ζώο, κατοικίδιο, ψιψίνα |
| العربية (ar) | قطة | اليف, بسة, بسينة, بيسة, حيوان, قط, قطة, هريرة |
| עברית (he) | חתול | בעל חיים, חיית מחמד, חתול |
| فارسی (fa) | گربه | جانور, حیوان, حیوان خانگی, گربه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बिल्ली | पशु, बिल्ली |
| বাংলা (bn) | বিড়াল | পশুপাখি, পোষ্য, বিড়াল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kucing | anak kucing, binatang, hewan, kucing, peliharaan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mèo | động vật, mèo, thú cưng |
| ไทย (th) | แมว | แมว, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ネコ | ネコ, ペット, 動物, 猫 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 고양이 | 고양이, 괭이, 냐옹이, 동물, 새끼 고양이, 애완동물, 야옹이, 집사 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 猫 | 宠物, 小猫, 猫 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 貓 | 小貓, 貓 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kat
- Akan (ak): ͻkra
- Albanian (sq): mace
- Amharic (am): ድመት
- Anii (blo): ganyaʊ
- Armenian (hy): կատու
- Assamese (as): মেকুৰী
- Azerbaijani (az): pişik
- Bashkir (ba): бесәй
- Basque (eu): katua
- Belarusian (be): кот
- Bosnian (bs): mačka
- Breton (br): kazh
- Bulgarian (bg): котка
- Burmese (my): ကြောင်
- Cantonese (yue): 貓
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 猫
- Catalan (ca): gat
- Cherokee (chr): ᏪᏌ
- Chuvash (cv): кушак
- Croatian (hr): mačka
- Czech (cs): kočka
- Danish (da): kat
- Estonian (et): kass
- Faroese (fo): ketta
- Filipino (fil): pusa
- Finnish (fi): kissa
- Galician (gl): gato
- Georgian (ka): კატა
- Gujarati (gu): બિલાડી
- Hausa (ha): kyanwa
- Hungarian (hu): macska
- Icelandic (is): köttur
- Igbo (ig): nwaologbo
- Irish (ga): cat
- Javanese (jv): kucing
- Kalaallisut (kl): kat
- Kannada (kn): ಬೆಕ್ಕು
- Kazakh (kk): мысық
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مىسىق
- Khmer (km): ឆ្មា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): injangwe
- Konkani (kok): माजर
- Kurdish (ku): pisîk
- Kyrgyz (ky): мышык
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Me’s
- Lao (lo): ແມວ
- Latvian (lv): kaķis
- Lithuanian (lt): katė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kócka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kaz
- Macedonian (mk): мачка
- Malay (ms): kucing
- Malayalam (ml): പൂച്ച
- Maltese (mt): qattus
- Marathi (mr): मांजर
- Mongolian (mn): муур
- Māori (mi): ngeru
- Nepali (ne): बिरालो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kat
- Northern Sotho (nso): katse
- Norwegian (no): katt
- Odia (or): ବିରାଡ଼ି
- Oromo (om): adurree
- Pashto (ps): پيشو
- Punjabi (pa): ਬਿੱਲੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بلی
- Quechua (qu): misi
- Romanian (ro): pisică
- Romansh (rm): giat
- Sardinian (sc): gatu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cat
- Serbian (sr): мачка
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mačka
- Shan (shn): မႅဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ٻلي
- Sinhala (si): බළලා
- Slovak (sk): mačka
- Slovenian (sl): mačka
- Somali (so): bisad
- Swahili (sw): paka
- Tajik (tg): гурба
- Tamil (ta): பூனை
- Telugu (te): పిల్లి
- Tigrinya (ti): ድሙ
- Tongan (to): pusi
- Tswana (tn): katse
- Turkmen (tk): pişik
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kóčka
- Urdu (ur): بلی
- Uyghur (ug): مۈشۈك
- Uzbek (uz): mushuk
- Welsh (cy): cath
- Wolof (wo): muus
- Xhosa (xh): ikati
- Yoruba (yo): Olóńgbò
- Zulu (zu): ikati

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/cat-emoji