Cat Kaomoji

Q: What is the ฅ in a cat kaomoji?

Thai character kho khon, U+0E05, borrowed as a raised paw. Wikipedia's article on Thai script says the letter is no longer used in written Thai but still appears on many keyboards and in character sets. Thirteen faces hold one, and searching thai finds them.

Q: What does nyan mean in Japanese?

Wiktionary gives にゃん, nyan, as meow, the cry of a cat, and にゃんこ, nyanko, as a child's word for a kitty-cat. Sixteen faces here carry a Japanese word, among them 肉球, nikukyū, the pads under a paw, and 招き猫, manekineko, the beckoning cat.

Tap a cat to copy it: 117 faces with caret ears, equals sign whiskers, Thai paws or tall ears.

Cat Kaomoji

(=^･ω･^=)Caret ears, an equals sign for each whisker9 code pointsReady to copy

117 cat kaomoji. Tap one to copy it.

Whiskers and caret ears 15

Cat eyes 8

Paws and claws 16

Tall ears, curly whiskers 11

Moods 24

Tails and whole cats 9

Fish, wool and a cup 9

Two cats or more 6

With a word 19

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How it works

Every cat kaomoji here has whiskers, a paw, tall ears or a whole body: 117 in nine groups. Tap one and it is copied. Eleven need only a keyboard, =^.^= among them.

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Pick a cat, tap it

Tap a tile and that cat is copied. Groups go by the part that makes it a cat: whiskers and caret ears, cat eyes, paws and claws, tall ears. Then come moods, tails, things held, pairs, and 19 with a word. Search reads the labels: sleeping finds three, angry seven, fish two, box one.

What a kaomoji cat is made of

Two carets for ears and two equals signs for whiskers, all on a keyboard: 96 of the 117 have an equals sign. The mouth is usually ω, Greek small letter omega, and slit pupils are Φ, Greek capital letter phi. The claws ଲ are Oriya letter la; the tall ears ᐠ and ᐟ are two Canadian syllabics finals. Everyday characters hides the 36 that borrow.

Tips

🐱 is Cat face, U+1F431, an emoji by default, so it is not here. Cat symbols has the emoji.
ᓚᘏᗢ is the shortest entry at 3 code points: three Canadian syllabics read as haunch, back and head.
For the cat that clears tables, search knock. (=ΦωΦ=)ﾉ⌒旦 sends a cup over the edge.

Questions and answers

What is the ฅ in a cat kaomoji?

Thai character kho khon, U+0E05, borrowed as a raised paw. Wikipedia's article on Thai script says the letter is no longer used in written Thai but still appears on many keyboards and in character sets. Thirteen faces hold one, and searching thai finds them.

How do you type a cat face on a keyboard?

Equals, caret, full stop, caret, equals: =^.^= is five characters. Put brackets round it and an underscore in the middle for (=^_^=), or add zzz for a sleeping one. The Keyboard only chip shows all eleven that need nothing else.

Is :3 a cat kaomoji?

Not quite. Wikipedia's article on emoticons says the 3 in :3 and X3 represents a cat's mouth, but it is read with your head on one side, and kaomoji are read upright. The only :3 on this page is the mouse in (=ΦωΦ=) <:3)~.

What does nyan mean in Japanese?

Wiktionary gives にゃん, nyan, as meow, the cry of a cat, and にゃんこ, nyanko, as a child's word for a kitty-cat. Sixteen faces here carry a Japanese word, among them 肉球, nikukyū, the pads under a paw, and 招き猫, manekineko, the beckoning cat.

All 117 cat kaomoji

Whiskers and caret ears 15

(=^-ω-^=) Ears up, eyes shut
(=^_^=) Keyboard only, underscore mouth
(=^ω^=) Caret eyes over an omega mouth
(=^•ﻌ•^=) Arabic letter ain for a muzzle. Borrows ﻌ from Arabic.
(=^‥^=) Two dot leader for a nose
(=^▽^=) Mouth open, mid meow
(=^･^=) Carets for eyes, one dot for a nose
(=^･ω･^=) Caret ears, an equals sign for each whisker
(=^･ᆺ･^=) Hangul sios for a small mouth. Borrows ᆺ from Hangul.
(=^･ｪ･^=) Small katakana e for the muzzle
=^..^= Keyboard only, two full stops for a nose
=^.^= Five keyboard characters, no brackets
>^.^< Angle brackets for whiskers
(=^o^=) Keyboard only, a small o mid meow
(=^･x･^=) Letter x for a nose and mouth

Cat eyes 8

(=ʘᆽʘ=) Click letter eyes, Hangul cieuc mouth. Borrows ʘ from IPA Extensions and ᆽ from Hangul.
(=ΦωΦ=) Greek phi for slit pupils
(=ΦｴΦ=) Slit pupils over a katakana muzzle
(=ↀωↀ=) A Roman numeral thousand for each wide eye. Borrows ↀ from Number Forms.
(=ⓛωⓛ=) Circled l for narrow pupils. Borrows ⓛ from Enclosed Alphanumerics.
(=◉ω◉=) Round pupils blown wide, mid zoomies
(=◕ω◕=) Big glossy eyes, wants something
(=✧ω✧=) Four pointed stars, eyes lit up

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Paws and claws 16

(=^.^=)/ Keyboard only, a slash for a raised paw
(=^･ω･^=)ฅ One pad held up for a high five. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
(=^･ω･^=)っ One paw reaching for it
(=^･ω･^=)ﾉ One paw raised in hello
(っ=^･ω･^=)っ Both paws out for a hug
ଲ(=｀ω´=)ଲ Claws out, brows down. Borrows ଲ from Oriya.
ଲ(ⓛ ω ⓛ)ଲ Oriya la for a set of claws. Borrows ଲ from Oriya and ⓛ from Enclosed Alphanumerics.
ฅ(=^･ω･^=)ฅ Whiskers, ears and both paws. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ(=˘ω˘=)ฅ Eyes closed, kneading. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ(=≧ω≦=)ฅ Eyes squeezed shut, paws in the air. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ(=｀ω´=)ฅ Brows down, ready to pounce. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ^._.^ฅ Keyboard face, borrowed paws. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ^>ω<^ฅ Scrunched eyes, paws up. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ^•ω•^ฅ Omega mouth between two paws. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ Thai kho khon for each paw, ain muzzle. Borrows ฅ from Thai and ﻌ from Arabic.
ヽ(=^･ω･^=)ﾉ Both arms thrown up

Tall ears, curly whiskers 11

/ᐠ - ˕ -マ Asleep, katakana ma for an ear and a tail. Borrows ᐠ from Canadian Aboriginal.
/ᐠ > ˕ < ᐟ\ Tall ears, scrunched eyes, down tack nose. Borrows ᐠ ᐟ from Canadian Aboriginal.
/ᐠ _ ꞈ _ ᐟ\ Tall ears, underscore eyes, unimpressed. Borrows ᐠ ᐟ from Canadian Aboriginal and ꞈ from Latin Extended-D.
/ᐠ •ヮ• ᐟ\ﾉ Tall ears, mouth open, one paw up. Borrows ᐠ ᐟ from Canadian Aboriginal.
/ᐠ ◉ ꞈ ◉ ᐟ\ Tall ears, round pupils, staring. Borrows ᐠ ᐟ from Canadian Aboriginal and ꞈ from Latin Extended-D.
/ᐠ˵• ω •˵ᐟ\ Tall ears, double accents for a blush. Borrows ᐠ ᐟ from Canadian Aboriginal.
/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ Tall ears from two Canadian syllabics finals. Borrows ᐠ ᐟ from Canadian Aboriginal and ꞈ from Latin Extended-D.
ฅ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎ฅ Arrowhead ears, a Tibetan sign for a mouth. Borrows ฅ from Thai, ◌͈ from Combining Diacritical Marks and ༝ from Tibetan.
≽^-⩊-^≼ Curly whiskers, eyes shut. Borrows ⩊ from Supplemental Mathematical Operators.
≽^>⩊<^≼ Curly whiskers, eyes scrunched. Borrows ⩊ from Supplemental Mathematical Operators.
≽^•⩊•^≼ Curly whiskers from two maths signs. Borrows ⩊ from Supplemental Mathematical Operators.

Moods 24

(= ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°=) The Lenny face with whiskers. Borrows ◌͡ ◌͜ from Combining Diacritical Marks and ʖ from IPA Extensions.
(=//ω//=) Slashes across the cheeks, blushing
(=;ω;=) A semicolon tear in each eye
(=>.<=) Keyboard only, eyes scrunched
(=>ω<=) Scrunched eyes, delighted
(=^･ω･^=)? Ears up at a question mark
(=^･ω･^=;) A semicolon sweat drop by the ear
(=¬ω¬=) Not signs for a sideways look
(=°Д°=) Round eyes, mouth open, startled
(=´･ω･`=) Brows tilted up, sorry
(=×ω×=) Multiplication signs for eyes, done for
(=˘ω˘=) Eyes closed, purring
(=ಠωಠ=) Kannada ttha eyes, judging you. Borrows ಠ from Kannada.
(=⊙ω⊙=) Circled dots, caught in the act
(=⌐■ω■=) Dark glasses
(=♡ω♡=) Outline hearts for eyes
(=ＴェＴ=) Fullwidth T for streaming eyes
(=｀Д´=) Yowling, Cyrillic de for the mouth
(=｀ェ´=) Brows down over a katakana muzzle
(=｀皿´=) Teeth bared, hissing
(=O.O=) Keyboard only, capital O eyes, startled
(=T.T=) Keyboard only, capital T tears
(=-.-=) zzz Keyboard only, asleep
(=-ω-=) zzZ Asleep, the last z bigger

Tails and whole cats 9

(=^･ω･^=)∫ Tail straight up, pleased to see you
(=ʘᆽʘ=)∫ An integral sign for an upright tail. Borrows ʘ from IPA Extensions and ᆽ from Hangul.
(^._.^)~ Keyboard only, small face, tilde tail
(^‥^=)~ Facing left, tail to the right
[=^･ω･^=] Square brackets: sitting in a box
|ω･^=) One ear and one eye past a wall
~(=^‥^) Walking off to the right, tilde tail behind
ᓚᘏᗢ Side view: haunch, back and head. Borrows ᓚ ᘏ ᗢ from Canadian Aboriginal.
₍^. .^₎⟆ Subscript brackets, a bag delimiter tail. Borrows ⟆ from Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A.

Fish, wool and a cup 9

(=^･ω･^=)ฅ @~ Batting a ball of wool on its thread. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
(=^･ω･^=)♪ Humming, one eighth note
(=^･ω･^=)っ<>< A fish, carried off
(=^･ω･^=)っ♡ Holding out an outline heart
(=^･ω･^=)っ✿ A flower in one paw
(=^･ω･^=)っ旦 A cup of tea, held out
(=ΦωΦ=)っ>°)))彡 Slit pupils and a bigger fish
(=ΦωΦ=)ﾉ⌒旦 Knocking a cup off the edge
(=ΦωΦ=) <:3)~ Watching a keyboard mouse

Two cats or more 6

(=^･ω･)(･ω･^=) Two cats touching noses
(=^･ω･^=)(=^･ｪ･^=)(=^‥^=) Three of them, waiting for dinner
(=^･ω･^=)=^.^= Cat and a smaller keyboard kitten
(=^･ω･^=)人(=^･ω･^=) Two cats, paws together
(っ=˘ω˘=)っ(=^ω^=) One cat leaning on another
(=｀ω´=) U・ᴥ・U Facing a dog, brows down. Borrows ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.

With a word 19

(=-ω-=) 日向ぼっこ Hinatabokko, basking in the sun
(=>ω<=)っ旦猫舌 Nekojita, a tongue too tender for hot tea
(=^‥^=) 猫 Neko, cat, as one kanji
(=^･ω･^=) にゃあ Nyā, meow
(=^･ω･^=) にゃんこ Nyanko, kitty-cat, a child's word
(=^･ω･^=) 三毛猫 Mikeneko, a calico cat
(=^･ω･^=)ﾉにゃん Nyan, the cry of a cat
(=^･ω･^=)ﾉ招き猫 Manekineko, the beckoning cat
(=^･ｪ･^=) 子猫 Koneko, kitten
(=˘ω˘=) ごろごろ Gorogoro, with a purr
(=˘ω˘=) 香箱座り Kōbakozuwari, sitting like a loaf
(=ΦωΦ=) 猫じゃらし Nekojarashi, a cat teaser toy
(=ΦωΦ=) 黒猫 Kuroneko, a black cat
=^.^= ねこ Neko spelled out in hiragana
ฅ(=^･ω･^=)ฅ 猫の手も借りたい So busy you would borrow a cat's paw. Borrows ฅ from Thai.
ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ 肉球 Nikukyū, the pads under a paw. Borrows ฅ from Thai and ﻌ from Arabic.
(=｀皿´=) hiss Hiss, in plain letters
(=^･ω･^=) meow Meow, in plain letters
(=˘ω˘=) purr Purr, in plain letters

How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed into the page by hand. The 117 entries are this site's own selection and arrangement: each was put together for this page from the parts a cat kaomoji is made of (two ears, whiskers, eyes, a muzzle, paws, a tail). Some are forms in common use that nobody owns; two of them, (=ʘᆽʘ=)∫ and the face with a Thai paw either side of an Arabic muzzle, are in the Cat row of Wikipedia's List of emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons, read 2026-09-19). The labels, groups and order are our own. Every character of every entry was looked up in UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and must be an assigned, visible character. The usual ears are Circumflex accent (U+005E) and the usual whiskers Equals sign (U+003D), both on a keyboard. The paw is Thai character kho khon (U+0E05), the claws Oriya letter la (U+0B32), the tall ears Canadian syllabics final grave (U+1420) and final acute (U+141F), and the slit pupil Greek capital letter phi (U+03A6). None of them has the Emoji property in emoji-data.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-data.txt); the cat emoji, U+1F431 and U+1F408, are different characters and are left out with every other emoji. That kho khon is no longer used in written Thai but still appears on many keyboards and in character sets is from Wikipedia's article Thai script (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_script, read 2026-09-19). The Japanese words come from Wiktionary, each entry read 2026-09-19: neko, cat (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/猫 and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ねこ); nyā, meow (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/にゃあ); nyan, meow, the cry of a cat (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/にゃん); nyanko, kitty-cat, marked childish (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/にゃんこ); koneko, kitten (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/子猫); kuroneko, a black cat (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/黒猫); mikeneko, a calico cat (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/三毛猫); manekineko, beckoning cat, a figure of a cat with one paw raised believed to bring good luck (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/招き猫); gorogoro, with a purr (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ごろごろ); nikukyū, the pad under an animal's toes (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/肉球); nekojita, the inability to eat or drink anything hot (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/猫舌); hinatabokko, basking in the sun (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日向ぼっこ); kōbakozuwari, sitting in a catloaf pose (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/香箱座り); nekojarashi, cat teaser (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/猫じゃらし); neko no te mo karitai, so busy there are not enough hours in the day, literally to want to borrow even the paw of a cat (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/猫の手も借りたい). "Borrows" under an entry names each character from outside the blocks of punctuation, common symbols and Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Japanese letters, with its script from Scripts.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Scripts.txt) or, for a Latin or common character, its block from Blocks.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Blocks.txt). "Keyboard only" holds every entry made of nothing but printable ASCII. "Short" means 6 code points or fewer, spaces counted. Nothing here says how any one device draws a face. Licence: own work