😺 Grinning Cat

The 😺 Grinning Cat emoji belongs to the cat faces, filed by Unicode under Smileys & Emotion. It usually appears in messages about animal, cat, face and grinning. The keyword list continues with mouth, open, smile and smiling.

You can drop 😺 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Smileys. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.6 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F63A.

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

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

Easy to mix up with 😻 Smiling Cat with Heart-Eyes, 😹 Cat with Tears of Joy 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.