Emoji
(CAT FACE): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(CAT FACE), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji CAT FACE
- Unicode Name
- CAT FACE
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F431
- Category
- Animals & Nature
- Subcategory
- animal-mammal
- Slug
- cat
Meaning and description of emoticon 🐱
🐱 depicts a cat's face with pointed triangular ears, whiskers, and expressive eyes looking frontwards. Classified under Animals & Nature in Unicode.
🐱 in chat conveys independence, cuteness, and a touch of capricious charm — "that's really cute" or "I'm my own person." It's often used with ✨ or 😼, and in messages it reads as "That's cute but with a personality of its own 🐱" and works best in reactions to cute but strong-willed and feisty situations. 🐱 often hints not at a cat but at a person who is charming and slightly elusive.
Usage Examples 🐱
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :cat: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :cat: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :cat: | |
| HTML Dec | 🐱 | |
| HTML Hex | 🐱 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F431"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F431 | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83D\uDC31 | |
| Perl | \x{1F431} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F431} | |
| Punycode | xn--5o8h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%90%B1 | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 90 B1 |