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A domestic cat, beloved as a&nbsp;pet. Generally depicted as a light-orange cat with stripes, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby_cat">tabby</a>, in full profile on all fours facing left, with its long tell held upright.

See also <a href="/cat-face/">🐱 Cat Face</a>.

Google&rsquo;s cat is cartoon-styled, shown sitting on its hind legs with a friendly expression and whiskers. Facebook&rsquo;s cat is a gray tabby, though <a href="/google/android-7.0/cat/">previously</a> was orange. <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/cat/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/cat/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> cats were previously gray, <a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/cat/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> brown.

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/grinning-face/">😀 Grinning Face</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Smiling Cat Face with Open Mouth

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😄 Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Grinning Cat Face with Smiling Eyes

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/face-with-tears-of-joy/">😂 Face With Tears of Joy</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Cat Face with Tears of Joy

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/smiling-face-with-heart-eyes/">😍 Smiling Face With Heart-Eyes</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Smiling Cat Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/smirking-face/">😏 Smirking Face</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Cat Face with Wry Smile

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/kissing-face-with-closed-eyes/">😚 Kissing Face With Closed Eyes</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Kissing Cat Face with Closed Eyes

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/weary-face/">😩 Weary Face</a>. Its expression more closely resembles <a href="/face-screaming-in-fear/">😱 Face Screaming in Fear</a>.&nbsp;Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Weary Cat Face

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/crying-face/">😢 Crying Face</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Crying Cat Face

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/pouting-face/">😡 Pouting Face</a>. Also resembles <a href="/angry-face/">😠 Angry Face</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms. Sometimes used to represent the internet meme and celebrity <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumpy_Cat">Grumpy Cat</a>.

Apple&rsquo;s design <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/pouting-cat/">previously displayed</a> the face in profile, as did <a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/pouting-cat/">Twitter&#39;s</a>. Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/pouting-cat/">previously</a> more closely resembled the&nbsp;<a href="/worried-face/">😟 Worried Face&nbsp;</a>than the&nbsp;<a href="/angry-face/">😠 Angry Face</a>.

Pouting Cat Face

A dog, a faithful, beloved pet canine. Depicted as a light-brown dog, of various breeds, in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long, curled tail held upright and pointed or floppy ears.

Apple and Facebook&rsquo;s dogs resemble a reddish-brown <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu">Shiba Inu</a>, a popular Japanese breed featured in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_(meme)">Doge meme</a>. Google shows what appears to be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle">Beagle</a>.

See also <a href="/poodle/">🐩 Poodle</a> and <a href="/dog-face/">🐶 Dog Face</a>, whose applications may overlap. Some vendors implement the same or a similar dog in their&nbsp;<a href="/guide-dog/">🦮 Guide Dog</a> and<a href="/service-dog/"> 🐕&zwj;🦺 Service Dog</a>.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/" title="🐉 Chinese New Year">Chinese zodiac</a>.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/dog/">Google</a> and <a href="/facebook/2.0/dog/">Facebook</a> previously featured puppies with collars, Apple&rsquo;s dog <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/dog/">previously</a> resembled an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akita_(dog)">Akita Inu</a>, another popular Japanese breed.

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle">poodle</a>, a popular dog breed with curly hair, often groomed in an ornamental pattern.

Generally depicted as a grayish-white poodle in full profile on all fours facing left, with a shaved torso, legs, and face with fuller, pom-pom-like hair on its head, ears, chest, feet, and tip of tail (as the <a href="https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/poodle-standard/">Continental Clip</a>).

Like <a href="/dog/">🐕 Dog</a>, may be used to represent a variety of dog breeds (often fluffy or long-haired). See also <a href="/dog-face/">🐶 Dog Face</a>.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/poodle/">Google</a>, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/poodle/">Samsung</a>, and <a href="/facebook/2.0/poodle/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> designs previously featured pink poodles.

Poodle

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

A black cat shown in full profile, often with its tail curling upward.

Black Cat

A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a lion&mdash;the large cat and king of the jungle&mdash;looking straight ahead. Depicted as a golden-yellow lion face with a light- or dark-brown mane, white muzzle, and neutral expression.

Often used with an affectionate tone. Does not have a full-bodied lion emoji counterpart. A lion is represented as <a href="/leo/">♌ Leo</a> in the Western zodiac.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Apple&#39;s lion <a href="/apple/ios-10.2/lion/">previously</a> featured a timid-looking expression.

Lion Face

A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a tiger looking straight ahead. Generally depicted in yellowish-orange with black stripes on its forehead and cheeks, a white muzzle, and neutral expression.

Often used with a more affectionate tone than the full-bodied <a href="/tiger/">🐅 Tiger</a>.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Tiger Face

A tiger, a large cat with an orange coat and black stripes. Depicted in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long tail, its distinctive stripes, and, on some platforms, white patches.

See also <a href="/tiger-face/">🐯 Tiger Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/leopard/">🐆 Leopard</a>.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/" title="🐉 Chinese New Year">Chinese zodiac</a>.

Google&rsquo;s design is noticeably more cartoon-styled, as Facebook&rsquo;s <a href="/facebook/2.0/tiger/">previously</a> was. Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/tiger/">previously</a> featured a yellow, forward-facing tiger, as if on the prowl.

Tiger

A leopard, a large cat with a yellowish-brown coat and black-and-gold spots. Depicted in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long tail and its distinctive&nbsp;pattern.

Sometimes&nbsp;used to represent jaguars, panthers, cheetahs, and related cats. May also be used to indicate leopard prints in fashion. Not to be confused with <a href="/tiger/">🐅 Tiger</a>.

Google&rsquo;s design is noticeably more cartoon-styled. Microsoft&rsquo;s design was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/leopard/">previously</a> solid yellowish-brown in color, resembling a cougar or mountain lion.

Leopard

A pig, a plump animal farmed for its meat, such as <a href="/bacon/">bacon</a>. Depicted in light pink in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long snout and short, curly tail.

May be used to represent the animal, its food products, or various metaphorical senses of pig.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>; 2019 is the Year of the Pig. See also<a href="/pig-face/"> 🐷 Pig Face</a>, <a href="/pig-nose/">🐽 Pig Nose</a>, and <a href="/boar/">🐗 Boar</a>.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design <a href="/whatsapp/2.17/pig/">previously</a> featured a wide grin.

Eek! A mouse, a small rodent with large ears and a long tail. Generally depicted in white in full profile on all fours facing left, with pink ears, feet, and tail, often with reddish eyes.

See also <a href="/mouse-face/">🐭 Mouse Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/rat/">🐀 Rat</a>&nbsp;or <a href="/computer-mouse/">🖱️ Computer Mouse</a>.

Facebook&rsquo;s mouse is sitting on its hind legs. Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/mouse/">was&nbsp;previously</a> more cartoon-styled, standing on its hind legs and facing forward with a buck tooth. Microsoft&rsquo;s mouse was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/mouse/">previously</a> brown.

Mouse

A rat, a large rodent with a long tail, known to frequent big cities. Depicted in gray in full profile on all fours facing left, with pink ears, feet, and tail.

May be use for various metaphorical senses of rat. Not to be confused with <a href="/mouse/">🐁 Mouse</a>, which has white hair.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>.

Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/rat/">was previously</a>&nbsp;standing on its hind legs and facing forward with a buck&nbsp;tooth.

A hedgehog. A&nbsp;small, spiny mammal sometimes kept as a pet. Generally depicted in full profile on all fours facing left, with a round, brown body covered with spines and&nbsp;a light-brown face and underside.

Sometimes used to represent a porcupine or echidna.

Twitter&#39;s design has always been a hedgehog facing forward. Google&#39;s design originally featured a hedgehog facing forward, though it was changed to full profile with Android 11.0. Facebook&rsquo;s design <a href="/facebook/2.1/hedgehog/">previously</a> featured a hedgehog&nbsp;on its back, rolled up in a ball.

Hedgehog

A pair of paw prints, as left by a pet <a href="/cat/">🐈 cat</a> or <a href="/dog/">🐕 dog</a>. Generally depicted as two, staggered, dark-colored paw prints, each showing four toes and a pad.

Commonly used for various content concerning pet cats and dogs. Occasionally applied to other quadruped mammals. See also <a href="/footprints/">👣 Footprints</a>.

<a href="/apple/ios-6.0/paw-prints/">Apple</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-8.0/paw-prints/">Google</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/2.0/paw-prints/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> prints were previously red, while <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/paw-prints/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> were orange. Facebook&#39;s earliest design&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/1.0/paw-prints/">originally</a> displayed human footprints.

Paw Prints

A generic bird. Variously depicted as a blue or red bird, as a bluebird or cardinal, shown standing in full profile, or as a bird head.&nbsp;Both designs&nbsp;show the bird facing left.

May be used for a variety of wild and pet birds as well as for metaphorical senses of bird (e.g., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_(score)#Birdie">birdie</a> in <a href="/flag-in-hole/">golf</a>).

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs feature a grayish bird head. Google, Samsung, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs suggest a bluebird, Microsoft and Twitter&rsquo;s a cardinal. Google&rsquo;s bird <a href="/google/android-4.4/bird/">previously</a> resembled a canary, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bird/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> was previously green, and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bird/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/twitter/twemoji-2.0/bird/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> birds were once blue.

Bird

A lizard, a scaly reptile with a long tail. Depicted as a light-green lizard on all fours from above, generally looking left with large eyes, a lightly textured or colored back, and toes outspread, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko">gecko</a>.

May be used for a variety of wild and pet lizards.

Google&rsquo;s lizard was <a href="/google/android-7.0/lizard/">previously</a> brown.

Lizard

A common fish, as swims in the water. Depicted as a generic, light-blue fish, often with a white underside, in full profile facing left, with fins and prominent gill cover.

May be used to represent a variety of other fish (freshwater or saltwater), <a href="/fishing-pole/">fishing</a>, metaphorical senses of fish, and fish as food, as consumed in the form of <a href="/sushi/">🍣 Sushi</a>. May be used to represent <a href="/pisces/">♓ Pisces</a>, the Fish, in the Western zodiac.

Not to be confused with <a href="/tropical-fish/">🐠 Tropical Fish</a> or <a href="/blowfish/">🐡 Blowfish</a>, though their applications may overlap. Vendors implement a similar design to the fish caught on the <a href="/fishing-pole/">🎣 Fishing Pole</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s fish was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/fish/">previously</a> yellow.

Fish

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous">deciduous</a> tree, whose leaves change color before shedding, as <a href="/fallen-leaf/">🍂 Fallen Leave</a>, in the <a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>. Depicted as a generic tree with a round, lush, leafy top and brown trunk.

May be used to represent various types of trees, forests, temperate climates, nature, and the seasons of <a href="/spring/">spring</a> and <a href="/summer/">summer</a>.

Deciduous Tree

A ball of yarn, as used to knit a <a href="/scarf/">scarf</a>. Color varies across platforms, but often depicted in green, blue, or magenta and shown with an end unraveling. Sometimes depicted with a pair of knitting needles stuck in the ball.

Commonly used for various content concerning knitting and needlework (e.g., <a href="/thread/">sewing</a>,&nbsp;crocheting), clothing and fashion, arts and crafts, cold weather, and cats.

Ball of Yarn

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt">Egypt</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;EG&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Egypt

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

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

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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