🐱U+1F431
Cat face emoji
Pointed ears and whiskers frame this cat's face. It is a common choice for cats and kittens, pets, cuteness, and sweet or playful moods in messages about a beloved pet.
- Unicode name
- cat face
- Category
- Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+1F431
- Shortcode
:cat:- Keywords
- animal, cat, face, kitten, kitty, pet
How it looks
How to type 🐱
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “cat face”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “cat face”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “cat face”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “cat face”.
- GitHub
- Type :cat: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | cara de gato | cara, cara de gato, gato, mascota |
| Français | tête de chat | animal, chat, chaton, miaou, minou, tête de chat |
| Deutsch | Katzengesicht | Gesicht, Katze, Katzengesicht, Miau, Miez, Miezekatze, Tier |
| Italiano | muso di gatto | animale, animali, faccina, gatto, muso di gatto |
| Português | rosto de gato | animal, felino, gatinho, gato, rosto, rosto de gato |
| Nederlands | kattengezicht | dier, gezicht, huisdier, kat, kitten |
| Svenska | kattansikte | djur, katt, kattansikte |
| Polski | głowa kota | buźka, głowa, kicia, kot, kota, kotek, pyszczek, zwierzę |
| Türkçe | kedi yüzü | ev hayvanı, hayvan, kedi, kedi yüzü, miyav, mındık, mırnav, pisi pisi, şirin, yüz |
| Русский | морда кошки | животное, кот, кошачья, кошка, морда, питомец |
| Українська | морда кота | домашня тварина, кіт, котяча морда, морда, морда кота, тварина |
| Ελληνικά | πρόσωπο γάτας | γάτα, γατούλα, ζώο, κατοικίδιο, πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο γάτας |
| العربية | وجه قطة | أليف, اليف, بسة, بيسة, حيوان, قط, قطة, هر, هرة, هريرة, وجه |
| עברית | פני חתול | חיית מחמד, חתול, חתלתול, פני חתול, פנים |
| فارسی | صورت گربه | جانور, حیوان, حیوان خانگی, صورت, گربه |
| हिन्दी | बिल्ली का चेहरा | चेहरा, पशु, बिल्ली, बिल्ली का चेहरा |
| বাংলা | বিড়ালের মুখ | পশুপাখি, পোষ্য, প্রাণী, বিড়াল, বিড়ালের মুখ, মুখ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah kucing | anak kucing, binatang, hewan, kucing, muka, peliharaan, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt | mặt mèo | động vật, mặt, mèo, thú cưng |
| ไทย | หน้าแมว | แมว, สัตว์, หน้าแมว |
| 日本語 | ネコの顔 | ネコ, ネコの顔, ペット, 動物, 子猫, 猫, 顔 |
| 한국어 | 고양이 얼굴 | 고양이, 동물, 새끼 고양이, 애완동물, 얼굴, 키티 |
| 中文（简体） | 猫脸 | 宠物, 猫, 猫咪, 猫脸, 脸 |
| 中文（繁體） | 貓頭 | 動物, 貓, 貓頭 |
Names in 98 more languages
| Afrikaans | katgesig |
|---|---|
| Akan | ͻkra anim |
| Albanian | fytyrë maceje |
| Amharic | የድመት ፊት |
| Anii | ganyaʊ kaayɛ |
| Armenian | կատվի մռութ |
| Assamese | মেকুৰীৰ মুখ |
| Azerbaijani | pişik üzü |
| Bashkir | бесәй башы |
| Basque | katu-aurpegia |
| Belarusian | каціная пыска |
| Bosnian | glava mačke |
| Breton | penn kazh |
| Bulgarian | муцуна на котка |
| Burmese | ကြောင်ရုပ် |
| Cantonese | 貓臉 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 猫脸 |
| Catalan | cara de gat |
| Cherokee | ᏪᏌ ᎤᎧᏛ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 貓樣 |
| Chuvash | кушак пуҫӗ |
| Croatian | lice mačke |
| Czech | hlava kočky |
| Danish | kattehoved |
| Estonian | kassi nägu |
| European Portuguese | cara de gato |
| Faroese | kettuandlit |
| Filipino | mukha ng pusa |
| Finnish | kissan naama |
| Galician | cara de gato |
| Georgian | კატის სახე |
| Gujarati | બિલાડીનો ચહેરો |
| Hausa | fuskar kyanwa |
| Hungarian | macskafej |
| Icelandic | kattarhöfuð |
| Igbo | ihu nwaologbo |
| Irish | aghaidh cait |
| Javanese | rai kucing |
| Kalaallisut | katteansigt |
| Kannada | ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಮುಖ |
| Kazakh | мысықтың беті |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | مىسىقتىڭ بەتى |
| Khmer | មុខឆ្មា |
| Kinyarwanda | indoro y’injangwe |
| Konkani | माजरा चेरो |
| Kyrgyz | мышыктын башы |
| Kʼicheʼ | Upalaj me’s |
| Lao | ໜ້າແມວ |
| Latvian | kaķa galva |
| Lithuanian | katės snukutis |
| Lower Sorbian | głowa kócki |
| Luxembourgish | Kazegesiicht |
| Macedonian | глава на мачка |
| Malay | muka kucing |
| Malayalam | പൂച്ച മുഖം |
| Maltese | wiċċ ta’ qattus |
| Marathi | मांजरीचा चेहरा |
| Mongolian | муурын толгой |
| Māori | kanohi ngeru |
| Nepali | बिरालोको अनुहार |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Kat Fes |
| Northern Sotho | sefahlego sa katse |
| Norwegian | kattefjes |
| Odia | ବିରାଡ଼ି ମୁହଁ |
| Oromo | fuula hadurree |
| Pashto | پيشو مخ |
| Punjabi | ਬਿੱਲੀ ਦਾ ਚਿਹਰਾ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | بلی دی شکل |
| Quechua | misi uya |
| Romanian | față de pisică |
| Romansh | fatscha da giat |
| Sardinian | murru de gatu |
| Scottish Gaelic | aodann cait |
| Serbian | лице мачке |
| Serbian (Latin) | lice mačke |
| Shan | ၼႃႈမႅဝ်း |
| Sindhi | ٻلي مهانڊو |
| Sinhala | බළල් මුහුණ |
| Slovak | hlava mačky |
| Slovenian | mačji obraz |
| Somali | waji bisad |
| Swahili | uso wa paka |
| Tajik | афти гурба |
| Tamil | பூனை முகம் |
| Telugu | పిల్లి ముఖం |
| Tigrinya | ገጽ ድሙ |
| Tongan | mataʻi-pusi |
| Tswana | sefatlhego sa katse |
| Turkmen | pişik ýüz |
| Upper Sorbian | hłowa kóčki |
| Urdu | بلی کا چہرہ |
| Uyghur | مۈشۈك چىراي |
| Uzbek | mushuk qiyofasi |
| Welsh | wyneb cath |
| Wolof | kanamu muus |
| Xhosa | ubuso bekati |
| Yoruba | Ojú olóńgbò |
| Zulu | ubuso bekati |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F431- HTML
🐱- CSS
\1F431- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F431}- Python
\U0001F431- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 B1- UTF-16
D83D DC31- URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%B1
Questions
What does the 🐱 cat face emoji mean?
Pointed ears and whiskers frame this cat's face. It is a common choice for cats and kittens, pets, cuteness, and sweet or playful moods in messages about a beloved pet.
How do I type the 🐱 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “cat face”. 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 :cat:.
When was the 🐱 emoji added?
🐱 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for 🐱?
U+1F431. In HTML you can write 🐱, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F431}.