😹 Cat with Tears of Joy

Unicode lists 😹 Cat with Tears of Joy among the cat faces in the Smileys & Emotion group. It usually appears in messages about animal, cat, face and joy. Unicode also files it under laugh, laughing, lol and tear, which shows how widely it is read.

😹 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Animal Faces. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.6 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F639.

• 😹 works as a one-character reply when animal is the subject.
• Fits messages about animal, cat, face and joy.
• Often seen near 😺 Grinning Cat, 😻 Smiling Cat with Heart-Eyes and 😸 Grinning Cat with Smiling Eyes.

• 😹😼 – Cat with Tears of Joy and Cat with Wry Smile
• 😹😽 – Cat with Tears of Joy with Kissing Cat
• 😹😺 – Cat with Tears of Joy plus Grinning Cat
• 😹😻 – Cat with Tears of Joy and Smiling Cat with Heart-Eyes
• 😹😸 – Cat with Tears of Joy with Grinning Cat with Smiling Eyes
• 😹🙀 – Cat with Tears of Joy plus Weary Cat
• 😹😾 – Cat with Tears of Joy and Pouting Cat
• 😹😿 – Cat with Tears of Joy with Crying Cat

Easy to mix up with 😺 Grinning Cat, 😻 Smiling Cat with Heart-Eyes or 😸 Grinning Cat with Smiling Eyes. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.