What does 😻 mean?
A cat with heart eyes: adoration and love – often under cat pictures or cute content.
Its official Unicode name is SMILING CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES and its CLDR short name is "smiling cat with heart-eyes" (in Hungarian: "mosolygó macska szív alakú szemmel"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- animal
- cat
- eye
- face
- heart
- heart-eyes
- love
- smile
- smiling
In Hungarian: állat, arc, cica, macska, mosoly, mosolygó macskaarc szív alakú szemmel, szerelem, szív, szmájli
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 😻 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F63B. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SMILING CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- mosolygó macska szív alakú szemmel
- English name (CLDR)
- smiling cat with heart-eyes
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · cat face
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :heart_eyes_cat:
Related emojis
- Cat with tears of joy
- Grinning cat
- Grinning cat with smiling eyes
- Cat with wry smile
- Kissing cat
- Weary cat
- Crying cat
- Pouting cat
Frequently asked questions
What does the 😻 emoji mean?
A cat with heart eyes: adoration and love – often under cat pictures or cute content.
How do I type the 😻 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "animal".
When was the 😻 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.