Cat with tears of joy emoji 😹
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F639
What 😹 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 😹 are animal, cat, face, joy, laugh, laughing, lol, tear, tears. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or cat on your emoji keyboard and 😹 is among the results.
You will find 😹 among the cat faces (9 emoji), part of smileys & emotion with 172 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 😻 😼 😽 🙀.
Will 😹 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 😹 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 😹
Search for cat with tears of joy in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 😹.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type cat with tears of joy.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type cat with tears of joy in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type cat with tears of joy.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 😹 is one code point (U+1F639), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F639 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😹 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😹 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F639"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F639} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%B9 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 B9 |
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 with tears of joy |
| Português | rosto de gato com lágrimas de alegria |
| Español | gato llorando de risa |
| Italiano | gatto con lacrime di gioia |
| Français | chat qui pleure de joie |
| Deutsch | Katze mit Freudentränen |
| Türkçe | sevinç gözyaşları döken kedi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah kucing gembira berurai air mata |
| Polski | kot ze łzami radości |
| Русский | смеющийся до слёз кот |
| 日本語 | 嬉し泣きする猫 |
| 한국어 | 기쁨의 눈물을 흘리는 고양이 얼굴 |
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What does the cat with tears of joy emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😹 "cat with tears of joy" and links it with animal, cat, face, joy. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the cat faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the cat with tears of joy 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 with tears of joy emoji?
Search for cat with tears of joy in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 😹.