Grinning cat with smiling eyes emoji 😸
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F638
What 😸 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Grinning cat with smiling eyes 😸 is tagged with these keywords: animal, cat, eye, eyes, face, grin, grinning, smile, smiling.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or cat in the emoji search brings up 😸.
Grinning cat with smiling eyes 😸 is one of 9 emoji in the cat faces subgroup of smileys & emotion (172 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 animal.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type grinning cat with smiling eyes.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type grinning cat with smiling eyes in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type grinning cat with smiling eyes.
Codes for developers
Grinning cat with smiling eyes 😸 is a single code point, U+1F638. 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+1F638 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😸 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😸 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F638"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F638} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%B8 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 B8 |
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 | grinning cat with smiling eyes |
| Português | rosto de gato sorrindo com olhos sorridentes |
| Español | gato sonriendo con ojos sonrientes |
| Italiano | gatto che sogghigna |
| Français | chat qui sourit avec des yeux rieurs |
| Deutsch | grinsende Katze mit lachenden Augen |
| Türkçe | gülen gözlerle sırıtan kedi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah kucing gembira dengan mata bahagia |
| Polski | uśmiechnięty kot o wesołych oczach |
| Русский | смеющийся кот |
| 日本語 | にやっと笑う猫 |
| 한국어 | 미소 짓는 눈으로 활짝 웃는 고양이 얼굴 |
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What does the grinning cat with smiling eyes emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😸 "grinning cat with smiling eyes" and links it with animal, cat, eye, eyes. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the cat faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the grinning cat with smiling eyes 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 grinning cat with smiling eyes emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 😸 when you search for animal.