😺 Meaning – Grinning Cat Face Emoji

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This emoji shows a cat with open eyes and an open smile. Meaning is usually happiness, used mostly by cat lovers. Smiling Cat Emoji could be used upon hearing good news, showing enthusiasm, support, or in regards to cat related topics.

The Grinning Cat Face Emoji appeared in 2010, and now is mainly known as the Smiling Cat Emoji, but also may be reffered as the Happy Cat Face.

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Smiling Cat Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+1F63A
Unicode name: Grinning Cat Face
Category: Smileys & People / Cat Faces
Keywords: cat, face, mouth, open, smile
Windows Alt-code: Alt+1F63A
Decimal HTML Entity: 😺
Hex HTML Entity: 😺
UTF-16 hex: 0xD83D 0xDE3A
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Version: Unicode 6.0
Year: 2010 (see all emoji of 2010)

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🌐 Smiling Cat Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	grinsendes Katzengesicht	Gesicht, Katze, lol, lustig
Français	tête de chat qui sourit	chat, sourire
Русский	улыбающийся кот	кот, кот с широкой улыбкой, морда, широкая улыбка
Español	cara de gato sonriendo	abierta, cara, gato, sonrisa
Italiano	gatto che sorride	aperta, bocca, faccina, gatto
Português	rosto de gato sorrindo	aberta, boca, gato, rosto, rosto de gato
Polski	uśmiechnięty kot z otwartym pyszczkiem	kot, uśmiech, zęby

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How to type Grinning Cat Face Emoji

There are number of methods to type Smiling Cat Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste 😺 emoji

It's very easy to get Grinning Cat Face Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read 😺 meaning and look at 😺 pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

😺 emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.