What does crying cat 😿 Mean? Copy/Paste Guide
Use crying cat 😿 Anywhere
Copy the 😿 (crying cat) symbol instantly by tapping the button. Perfect for social media posts and messages.
What does 😿 crying cat Mean?
😿 is a cat with a single tear and a downturned mouth — sadness with a pleading edge. People use it to soften bad news or to ask for something with visible puppy-dog (kitten-dog) energy: "can't make it tonight 😿". It carries less weight than 😢, which is part of the point; it signals disappointment while keeping the tone light.
- 💡General Use: crying cat
- 📱Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, X
Cultural Meaning & Social Media Tips
Its visibility owes a lot to the "crying cat" photo meme — the sobbing-cat face edited onto other animals and objects, which spread through Twitter and TikTok from 2019 onward and turned exaggerated feline sadness into a recognised comic form. That history means many readers now see 😿 as ironic sadness by default, closer to "boo hoo" than to real grief. Use 😢 when you actually need to be taken seriously.
How 😿 Looks on Different Platforms
Emoji designs vary slightly between systems. Here is how the crying cat emoji is rendered on major platforms like Apple, Google, and WhatsApp.
*Images come from open-licensed emoji sets (Twemoji CC BY 4.0, Noto Apache 2.0, OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0). Apple and WhatsApp sets are proprietary and cannot be hosted; the "Your Device" card shows your own OS emoji font — on iPhone/Mac that is the Apple design. Click any card to copy the emoji.
When to Use crying cat?
Social Media
Just posted a new photo! 😿
Messaging
Hey, check this out 😿
Reaction
Wow, that's amazing! 😿
Status
Feeling 😿 today
How to Type crying cat on Keyboard?
Windows 10/11 Shortcut
- Windows Key
- . (period)
- Type "crying cat"
- Select 😿
Mac (Macbook) Shortcut
- Control + Command + Space
- Search "crying cat"
- Select 😿
crying cat HTML & CSS Codes
| Property | Value / Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Name | crying cat | |
| Unicode Code | U+1F63F | |
| HTML Entity | 😿 | |
| HTML Hex | 😿 | |
| CSS Content | \01F63F | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F63F} | |
| Emoji Version | Emoji 0.6 | |
| Year Added | 2010 | |
| Skin Tone Support | No |
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Graphics come from open-licensed sets: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0, Twitter/X), Noto Color Emoji (Apache 2.0, Google) and OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free to use with attribution.
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