Cat face emoji 🐱
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F431
What 🐱 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Cat face 🐱 is tagged with these keywords: animal, cat, face, kitten, kitty, pet.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or cat in the emoji search brings up 🐱.
Cat face 🐱 is one of 66 emoji in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🐈 🐈⬛ 🦁 🐯.
Will 🐱 show on my friend's phone?
🐱 is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 🐱
Any emoji picker finds 🐱 when you search for cat face.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type cat face.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type cat face in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type cat face.
Codes for developers
Cat face 🐱 is a single code point, U+1F431. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F431 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐱 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐱 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F431"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F431} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%B1 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 B1 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🐱 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | cat face |
| Português | rosto de gato |
| Español | cara de gato |
| Italiano | muso di gatto |
| Français | tête de chat |
| Deutsch | Katzengesicht |
| Türkçe | kedi yüzü |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah kucing |
| Polski | głowa kota |
| Русский | морда кошки |
| 日本語 | ネコの顔 |
| 한국어 | 고양이 얼굴 |
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All animals & nature emoji →Questions people ask
What does the cat face emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐱 "cat face" and links it with animal, cat, face, kitten. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the cat face emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the cat face emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🐱 when you search for cat face.