🐈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.

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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

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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	gato	gatete, gato, minino
Français	chat	animal, animal domestique, chat, chaton, miaou, miauler
Deutsch	Katze	Haustier, Katze, miau, Tier
Italiano	gatto	animale, cucciolo, domestico, gatta, gattina, gattino, miao, micino, micio
Português	gato	animal, felino, gato
Nederlands	kat	dier, dieren, huisdier, kat, katten, kitten
Svenska	katt	djur, katt
Polski	kot	kot, kotek, zwierzę
Türkçe	kedi	hayvan, kedi, pisi pisi, sarman
Русский	кошка	животное, кот, котенок, кошка, питомец
Українська	кіт	домашній улюбленець, кіт, коша, тварина
Ελληνικά	γάτα	γάτα, γάτες, ζώα, ζώο, κατοικίδιο, ψιψίνα
العربية	قطة	اليف, بسة, بسينة, بيسة, حيوان, قط, قطة, هريرة
עברית	חתול	בעל חיים, חיית מחמד, חתול
فارسی	گربه	جانور, حیوان, حیوان خانگی, گربه
हिन्दी	बिल्ली	पशु, बिल्ली
বাংলা	বিড়াল	পশুপাখি, পোষ্য, বিড়াল
Bahasa Indonesia	kucing	anak kucing, binatang, hewan, kucing, peliharaan
Tiếng Việt	mèo	động vật, mèo, thú cưng
ไทย	แมว	แมว, สัตว์
日本語	ネコ	ネコ, ペット, 動物, 猫
한국어	고양이	고양이, 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

Afrikaans	kat
Akan	ͻkra
Albanian	mace
Amharic	ድመት
Anii	ganyaʊ
Armenian	կատու
Assamese	মেকুৰী
Azerbaijani	pişik
Bashkir	бесәй
Basque	katua
Belarusian	кот
Bosnian	mačka
Breton	kazh
Bulgarian	котка
Burmese	ကြောင်
Cantonese	貓
Cantonese (Simplified)	猫
Catalan	gat
Cherokee	ᏪᏌ
Chuvash	кушак
Croatian	mačka
Czech	kočka
Danish	kat
Estonian	kass
Faroese	ketta
Filipino	pusa
Finnish	kissa
Galician	gato
Georgian	კატა
Gujarati	બિલાડી
Hausa	kyanwa
Hungarian	macska
Icelandic	köttur
Igbo	nwaologbo
Irish	cat
Javanese	kucing
Kalaallisut	kat
Kannada	ಬೆಕ್ಕು
Kazakh	мысық
Kazakh (Arabic)	مىسىق
Khmer	ឆ្មា
Kinyarwanda	injangwe
Konkani	माजर
Kurdish	pisîk
Kyrgyz	мышык
Kʼicheʼ	Me’s
Lao	ແມວ
Latvian	kaķis
Lithuanian	katė
Lower Sorbian	kócka
Luxembourgish	Kaz
Macedonian	мачка
Malay	kucing
Malayalam	പൂച്ച
Maltese	qattus
Marathi	मांजर
Mongolian	муур
Māori	ngeru
Nepali	बिरालो
Nigerian Pidgin	Kat
Northern Sotho	katse
Norwegian	katt
Odia	ବିରାଡ଼ି
Oromo	adurree
Pashto	پيشو
Punjabi	ਬਿੱਲੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)	بلی
Quechua	misi
Romanian	pisică
Romansh	giat
Sardinian	gatu
Scottish Gaelic	cat
Serbian	мачка
Serbian (Latin)	mačka
Shan	မႅဝ်း
Sindhi	ٻلي
Sinhala	බළලා
Slovak	mačka
Slovenian	mačka
Somali	bisad
Swahili	paka
Tajik	гурба
Tamil	பூனை
Telugu	పిల్లి
Tigrinya	ድሙ
Tongan	pusi
Tswana	katse
Turkmen	pişik
Upper Sorbian	kóčka
Urdu	بلی
Uyghur	مۈشۈك
Uzbek	mushuk
Welsh	cath
Wolof	muus
Xhosa	ikati
Yoruba	Olóńgbò
Zulu	ikati

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}.