U+1F638 "😸" Grinning Cat Face with Smiling Eyes Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

😸
Source: Noto Emoji Source: Browser Default

U+1F638 "😸" Grinning Cat Face with Smiling Eyes is a popular emoji depicting a cheerful cat with a wide, toothy grin and eyes that curve into happy crescents, which conveys playful contentment, amusement, or mild mischief. It belongs to the "Cat Face" subset within the "Smileys & Emotion" block, and its design is derived from a combination of a smiling face and feline features. The character is often used in digital communication to express joy, silliness, or a sense of smug satisfaction, and it is commonly associated with the "Cheshire Cat" from Alice in Wonderland due to its broad, knowing smile.

General Properties

Code Point
U+1F638
Name
Grinning Cat Face with Smiling Eyes

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
😸
HTML Hex Encoding
😸
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83D 0xDE38
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F638
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83d\ude38