The cat face is the internet’s unofficial house mascot: a friendly feline head that says “meow, but make it vibes.” People drop it when sharing pet pics, summoning “post the cat” energy, or softening a spicy take with a cute, whiskered buffer. It slips into flirty chats via anime-style “nya~,” shows up ironically to end a roast without starting a war, and purrs in group texts when someone demands cat tax. Basically, it’s cozy, a little mischievous, and perfect for reacting to anything adorable or chaotically feline—like 3 a.m. zoomies or a keyboard suddenly walking across your Zoom call.
On Apple devices, it’s a yellow-gold kitty head viewed straight-on with pointy ears (pink inside), a tiny triangular nose, neat six-whisker layout, round dark eyes, and a polite micro-smile. The glossy shading gives it that classic iOS sheen—no body, no drama, just calm, approachable cat energy. It feels like the chill cousin to the more dramatic cat-with-tears or grinning cat variants, instantly recognizable in a feed full of memes (hello, Nyan Cat nostalgia and Keyboard Cat throwbacks). Use it to say “aw,” “I’m fine but chaos,” or “consider this a gentle boop,” whether you’re planning a cat café trip or negotiating custody of the laser pointer.
Definition
This cute little cat needs a home. Send him/her to somebody.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
66 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:cat:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Golden Kitten with Whiskers
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Faces
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Faces
Names & Annotations
CAT FACE
Symbol Information
U+1F431 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1B8
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#101 'Cat' 猫 U+E6A2 SJIS-F946 JIS-7636
KDDI
#251 猫 U+E4DB SJIS-F6B4 JIS-7636
Softbank
#104 #old79 猫 U+E04F SJIS-F990
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e04f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E04F
Decimal Code Point(s)
57423
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x81 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 81 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 201 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE04F
UTF-16 Hex
e04f
UTF-16 Dec
57423
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E04F
UTF-32 Hex
E04F
UTF-32 Dec
57423
Python Src
u"\uE04F"
PHP Src
"\xee\x81\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE04F"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🐱
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🐱
Decimal HTML Entity
🐱
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🐱
Hex Code Point(s)
1f431
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F431
Decimal Code Point(s)
128049
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0xB1
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 B1
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 261
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC31
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc31
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56369
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F431
UTF-32 Hex
01F431
UTF-32 Dec
128049
Python Src
u"\U0001F431"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\xb1"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC31"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
