😽 Kissing Cat

😽 Kissing Cat is one of the cat faces in Unicode's Smileys & Emotion group. Typical contexts are animal, cat, closed and eye. Unicode also files it under eyes, face, kiss and kissing, which shows how widely it is read.

😽 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Smileys. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+1F63D.

• 😽 works as a one-character reply when animal is the subject.
• Fits messages about animal, cat, closed and eye.
• Often seen near 😼 Cat with Wry Smile, 😻 Smiling Cat with Heart-Eyes and 🙀 Weary Cat.

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

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