Smiling cat with heart-eyes is the feline spin on head-over-heels, perfect for when regular heart-eyes just doesn’t capture the chaotic, purring obsession. It screams I’m in love—over a crush, a latte art masterpiece, or the 47th photo of someone’s kitten—while keeping the tone playful and a little feral. People drop it in DMs to flirt without sounding too serious, in TikTok comments to stan a look, or under pet pics when the cute aggression kicks in. It also works ironically, like when your friend buys a comically huge monitor and you reply with this to hype and roast at the same time. In meme land it reads as: send help, I’m weak, I’m meowing, I have no dignity left.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a golden-yellow tabby head with pointy ears (soft pink inside), tiny nose, black whiskers, and a wide open smile showing teeth, with bright red hearts for eyes. The face is forward-facing and glossy, shaded to look plush and cartoon-cute—basically a sticker you can hear purr. Visually it’s instantly a cat, not the human face variant, which makes it feel sillier, sappier, and extra internet. Use it to escalate from casual like to full-on stan mode, to reply I would adopt this immediately, or to make any food pic feel like a rom-com meet-cute.
Definition
A smiling cat with open mouth and heart-shaped eyes. This cat is clearly in love with something. Aww… how cute!
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
281 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:heart_eyes_cat:
Keywords
Lovestruck, Love, Heart
Previous Names:
Smiling Cat Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes Smiling Cat Face with Heart-Eyes
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Emoticons
Unicode Range
1F600–1F64F
Unicode Subcategory
Cat Faces
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Faces and Smiley's
Unicode Subcategory
Cat Faces
Names & Annotations
SMILING CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES Old name: CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES Temporary Notes: Forms a pair with e-327. Heart shaped eyes (in love)
