Tail up and walking with purpose, the cat emoji is the full-body version of the cat face. It covers the same ground — pets, strays, cat-person energy — but gets reached for when the whole animal fits the message better than just the expression.
What 🐈 means
The whole furry body of a cat on all fours, looking left, characterized by a few stripes on its body, pointy ears, and a curled tail. This emoji is the generic representation of all domestic cats.
The 🐈 Cat emoji signifies cuddly cuteness and playfulness that cats generally exhibit, along with their other qualities such as sensitivity, and agility. It also represents narcissism and friendliness (it's paradoxical, I know) as well as a curious nature and proficiency in hunting.
How and when to use it
- If the subject matter involves a cat, directly or indirectly, you can use 🐈 to depict it.
- Other members of the cat family, like tigers and lions, can be understated humorously with 🐈.
- A naughty tone of mood can be represented with the 🐈 cat emoji.
- If you want to describe a person being "as cute as a cat", this emoji works well.
- Other cat-like qualities like curiosity, nimbleness, sensitivity, etc when seen in a person can be mentioned in the form of the 🐈 cat emoji.
Other Names
- 🐈 Kitty
- 🐈 Kitty Cat
- 🐈 Purr
- 🐈 Meow
- 🐈 Feline
- 🐈 Pussycat
- 🐈 Domestic Cat
- 🐈 Puss
The lowdown
- Category
- Animals & Nature › animal-mammal
- Codepoints
U+1F408- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:cat2:- Keywords
- animal, animals, cat, cats, kitten, pet
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Pairs well with
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⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🐈 Cat or 🍋🟩 Lime?