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This emoji is a <a href="/glossary#non-rgi">non-RGI</a>&nbsp;proprietary&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ Sequence</a>. It has not been recommended by Unicode, meaning it will most likely appear as its component emojis across most platforms.

non-rgi-sequence

Meow! A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a cat, looking straight ahead. Generally depicted as a yellowish-orange cat face with pointed ears and whiskers.

May be used with a more affectionate tone than the full-bodied <a href="/cat/">🐈 Cat</a>, though their applications generally overlap.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Vendors implement the same or similar cat in their <a href="/cat/">🐈 Cat</a> as well as in their cat-faced variants of smileys:

<ul>
	<li><a href="/cat-with-wry-smile/">😼 Cat Face With Wry Smile</a></li>
	<li><a href="/cat-with-tears-of-joy/">😹 Cat Face With Tears of Joy</a></li>
	<li><a href="/weary-cat/">🙀 Weary Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/pouting-cat/">😾 Pouting Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/crying-cat/">😿 Crying Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/smiling-cat-with-heart-eyes/">😻 Smiling Cat Face With Heart-Eyes</a></li>
	<li><a href="/grinning-cat/">😺 Grinning Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/grinning-cat-with-smiling-eyes/">😸 Grinning Cat Face With Smiling Eyes</a></li>
	<li><a href="/kissing-cat/">😽 Kissing Cat Face</a></li>
</ul>

Google&rsquo;s cat face was <a href="/google/android-7.0/cat-face/">previously</a> orange, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/cat-face/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> gray, and <a href="/facebook/2.0/cat-face/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> once gray and white. Included in the earliest Japanese emoji sets from <a href="/cat-face/">Softbank</a>, <a href="/docomo/1999/cat-face/">Docomo</a>, and <a href="/au-kddi/type-c-2/cat-face/">au by KDDI</a>.

Cat Face

Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) is a Unicode character that joins two or more other characters together in sequence to create a new emoji.

Zero Width Joiner, pronounced &quot;zwidge&quot;, is not an emoji and has no appearance by itself. This&nbsp;is an invisible character when used alone.

View&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/" title="Emoji ZWJ Sequences">Emoji ZWJ Sequences</a>&nbsp;that use this character.

Zero Width Joiner

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon">dragon</a>, a mythical creature resembling a giant reptile found in the folklore of many cultures. Depicted as a green, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon">Chinese-styled dragon</a> in full profile facing left. Generally shown with a curling, snake-like body, clawed feet, yellowish scales on its back, horn-like structures on its head, and whisker-like tendrils by its nostrils.

See also <a href="/dragon-face/">🐲 Dragon Face</a>. One of the 12 animals of the&nbsp;Chinese zodiac. Commonly used on&nbsp;<a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese New Year</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day">St. George&#39;s Day</a>. Also used for various medieval&nbsp;and fantasy content.

Apple&#39;s dragon is holding a glowing blue orb, as a <a href="/crystal-ball/">🔮 Crystal Ball</a>. Facebook&#39;s dragon is bluish in color. Microsoft&#39;s dragon was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/dragon/">previously</a> red, <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/dragon/">Samsung&#39;s</a> a more cartoon-styled, baby&nbsp;dragon holding a blue orb.

Dragon

A variation of <a href="/ninja-cat/">Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;that was shown riding a <a href="/t-rex/">Tyrannosaurus rex</a>.&nbsp;This emoji was&nbsp;included in <a href="/microsoft/">Windows 10</a> as a proprietary <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ Sequence</a> which was&nbsp;not supported by other vendors.

Variations included the canonical <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<a href="/astro-cat/">🐱&zwj;🚀&nbsp;Astro Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hacker-cat/">🐱&zwj;💻&nbsp;Hacker Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hipster-cat/">🐱&zwj;👓&nbsp;Hipster Cat</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/stunt-cat/">🐱&zwj;🏍&nbsp;Stunt Cat</a>.

Dino Cat and the other&nbsp;variations of <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;were removed in Microsoft&#39;s Fluent emoji redesign, released in late&nbsp;2021.

A person dressed as a ninja with a black hood, a mask covering the lower half of their face, and the hilt of a knife or sword&nbsp;emerging from behind their shoulder.

The now-discontinued Microsoft&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ sequence</a>&nbsp;<a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;did not include the&nbsp;ninja&nbsp;emoji at all as it was developed several years before ninja&nbsp;was approved. It combined&nbsp;<a href="/cat-face/">🐱 Cat Face</a> and <a href="/bust-in-silhouette/">👤 Bust in Silhouette</a> and was&nbsp;only available from Microsoft prior to the debut of the Fluent emoji set in November 2021.

Ninja

A Tyrannosaurus rex, a massive, meat-eating dinosaur with huge jaws, tiny arms, and a long tail. Depicted as a green <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus">tyrannosaur</a> standing on its hind lefts facing left, often with a textured back, sharp teeth, and clawed toes.

May be used to represent various dinosaurs, including raptors. See also <a href="/sauropod/">🦕 Sauropod</a>.

May also be used to call a person a dinosaur, i.e. imply that they are old-fashioned or out-of-touch with modern sentiments.

<a href="/google/android-8.0/t-rex/">Google&rsquo;s</a> T-rex used to look somewhat like&nbsp;a velociraptor, though the design has since changed. <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/t-rex/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> T-Rex was previously red, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-fall-creators-update/t-rex/">Microsoft&#39;s</a> brown, and&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/2.1/t-rex/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> only a green head with open jaws.

T-Rex

A variation of <a href="/ninja-cat/">Ninja Cat</a> which was&nbsp;shown with a helmet and <a href="/superhero/">cape</a>.&nbsp;This emoji was included in <a href="/microsoft/">Windows 10</a> as a proprietary <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ Sequence</a> which was not supported by other vendors.

Variations included the canonical <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<a href="/astro-cat/">🐱&zwj;🚀&nbsp;Astro Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/dino-cat/">🐱&zwj;🐉&nbsp;Dino Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hacker-cat/">🐱&zwj;💻&nbsp;Hacker Cat</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/hipster-cat/">🐱&zwj;👓&nbsp;Hipster Cat</a>.

Stunt Cat and the other&nbsp;variations of <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;were removed in Microsoft&#39;s Fluent emoji redesign, released in late&nbsp;2021.

Stunt Cat

A variation of <a href="/ninja-cat/">Ninja Cat</a> which was shown wearing glasses, reading a <a href="/open-book/">book</a> and holding a <a href="/hot-beverage/">hot beverage</a>.&nbsp;This emoji was included in <a href="/microsoft/">Windows 10</a> as a proprietary <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ Sequence</a> which was not supported by other vendors.

Variations included the canonical <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<a href="/astro-cat/">🐱&zwj;🚀&nbsp;Astro Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/dino-cat/">🐱&zwj;🐉&nbsp;Dino Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hacker-cat/">🐱&zwj;💻&nbsp;Hacker Cat</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/stunt-cat/">🐱&zwj;🏍&nbsp;Stunt Cat</a>.

Hipster Cat and the other&nbsp;variations of <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;were removed in Microsoft&#39;s Fluent emoji redesign, released in late&nbsp;2021.

Hipster Cat

A cat that is also a <a href="/ninja/">ninja</a>. Used as an <a href="https://news.microsoft.com/life/ninja-cat/">unofficial&nbsp;mascot</a>&nbsp;by Microsoft, and was available&nbsp;in the Segoe Color Emoji font&nbsp;included with <a href="/microsoft/">Windows 10</a>.&nbsp;Ninja Cat was implemented&nbsp;as a proprietary <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ Sequence</a> which&nbsp;was not supported by other vendors.

Variations included&nbsp;<a href="/astro-cat/">🐱&zwj;🚀&nbsp;Astro Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hipster-cat/">🐱&zwj;👓&nbsp;Hipster Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hacker-cat/">🐱&zwj;💻&nbsp;Hacker Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/dino-cat/">🐱&zwj;🐉&nbsp;Dino Cat</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/stunt-cat/">🐱&zwj;🏍&nbsp;Stunt Cat</a>.

Ninja Cat and its variations were&nbsp;removed in Microsoft&#39;s Fluent emoji redesign, released in late&nbsp;2021.

Ninja Cat

A variation of <a href="/ninja-cat/">Ninja Cat</a> which was&nbsp;shown using a <a href="/laptop/">laptop computer</a>.&nbsp;This emoji was included in <a href="/microsoft/">Windows 10</a> as a proprietary <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ Sequence</a> which was not supported by other vendors.

Variations included the canonical <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<a href="/astro-cat/">🐱&zwj;🚀&nbsp;Astro Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/dino-cat/">🐱&zwj;🐉&nbsp;Dino Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hipster-cat/">🐱&zwj;👓&nbsp;Hipster Cat</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/stunt-cat/">🐱&zwj;🏍&nbsp;Stunt Cat</a>.

Hacker Cat and the other&nbsp;variations of <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;were removed in Microsoft&#39;s Fluent emoji redesign, released in late&nbsp;2021.

Hacker Cat

A variation of <a href="/ninja-cat/">Ninja Cat</a> which&nbsp;was shown as an <a href="/astronaut/">astronaut</a>.&nbsp;This emoji was included in <a href="/microsoft/">Windows 10</a> as a proprietary <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ Sequence</a> which was not supported by other vendors.

Variations included the canonical <a href="/ninja-cat/">🐱&zwj;👤&nbsp;Ninja Cat</a>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<a href="/dino-cat/">🐱&zwj;🐉&nbsp;Dino Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hacker-cat/">🐱&zwj;💻&nbsp;Hacker Cat</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/hipster-cat/">🐱&zwj;👓&nbsp;Hipster Cat</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/stunt-cat/">🐱&zwj;🏍&nbsp;Stunt Cat</a>.

Astro Cat and the other variations of 🐱&zwj;👤 Ninja Cat were removed in Microsoft&#39;s Fluent emoji redesign, released in late 2021.

Astro Cat

Dino Cat

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

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