grinning cat 😺 Meaning & Copy
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What does 😺 grinning cat Mean?
😺 is the cat version of a plain open-mouthed grin — cheerful, uncomplicated, with the eyes left as simple ovals. It's used by cat owners narrating their pet's day ("got the good food tonight 😺") and by people who prefer a softer, less human-looking smile. Next to 😸, which adds smiling arc-shaped eyes, 😺 reads as slightly more neutral and open.
- 💡General Use: grinning cat
- 📱Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, X
Cultural Meaning & Social Media Tips
The nine cat faces entered Unicode together from Japanese carrier sets, where they mirrored a subset of the human smileys, and they've stayed a closed set ever since — no new cat expressions have been added, and unlike people emojis they take no skin tones or gender variants. Usage data consistently ranks them among the least-used faces in the whole standard, so a 😺 often reads as a deliberate stylistic choice. On iOS they sit at the end of the Smileys & People section, which is part of why casual users rarely scroll far enough to find them.
How 😺 Looks on Different Platforms
Emoji designs vary slightly between systems. Here is how the grinning 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 grinning cat?
Social Media
Just posted a new photo! 😺
Messaging
Hey, check this out 😺
Reaction
Wow, that's amazing! 😺
Status
Feeling 😺 today
How to Type grinning cat on Keyboard?
Windows 10/11 Shortcut
- Windows Key
- . (period)
- Type "grinning cat"
- Select 😺
Mac (Macbook) Shortcut
- Control + Command + Space
- Search "grinning cat"
- Select 😺
grinning cat HTML & CSS Codes
| Property | Value / Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Name | grinning cat | |
| Unicode Code | U+1F63A | |
| HTML Entity | 😺 | |
| HTML Hex | 😺 | |
| CSS Content | \01F63A | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F63A} | |
| 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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