What does ๐ Cat mean?
A full-body cat walking in profile, tail up. It is more literal than the ๐ฑ face and often captures classic cat behaviour: knocking things off tables, ignoring their owners, or demanding dinner at 5am. People also use it to describe an aloof, independent personality or to declare themselves a โcat person.โ Pet-sitting, adoption and lost-cat posts rely on it as well.
๐ Cat is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (mammals), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about animal, animals, cats, kitten and pet.
Example messages
๐ Cat on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cat looks on each platform.
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Cat emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Cat emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :cat2:.
When was the Cat emoji added?
๐ Cat was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Cat. The underlying code (U+1F408) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.