Official Meaning & Overview
Represents a cute cat. Used for affection, playfulness, or cat-related conversations.
Official Unicode CLDR Name
Cat
Shortcode
:cat:Related Meanings & Search Keywords
Catpetanimalcutemeowfelineanimalscatskitten
Official Names in 9 Languages
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Unicode Codepoint Breakdown
Standard single-codepoint Unicode emoji character
๐
U+1F408Cat
Cross-Platform Emoji Design Comparison
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Dark Surface
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โ๏ธTechnical Info
Unicode
U+1F408Hex Code
1F408Shortcodes
:cat:CLDRCat
VersionEmoji 15.0
Developer Codes
Shortcode
:cat:HTML Entity (Hex)
🐈HTML Entity (Dec)
🐈CSS Content
\1F408JavaScript (ES6)
\u{1F408}UTF-16 / JSON
\uD83D\uDC08URL Escape
%F0%9F%90%88Quick Reference FAQ
What does the ๐ Cat emoji mean?
Represents a cute cat. Used for affection, playfulness, or cat-related conversations.
What is the Unicode and HTML entity for ๐ Cat?
The Unicode codepoint for ๐ is U+1F408, its HTML hex entity is 🐈, and its shortcode is :cat:. It is part of Emoji 15.0.
How do you say the ๐ Cat emoji in other languages?
Official localized names include: ํ๊ตญ์ด "๊ณ ์์ด", ๆฅๆฌ่ช "็ซ", ็ฎไฝไธญๆ "็ซ", ็น้ซไธญๆ "่ฒ", Espaรฑol "Gato".