😹 Cat With Tears Of Joy Emoji – Copy & Unicode

Unicode data

Unicode name: cat with tears of joy
CLDR short name: cat with tears of joy
Korean name (CLDR): 기쁨의 눈물을 흘리는 고양이 얼굴
Code points: U+1F639
Group: Smileys & Emotion
Subgroup: Cat Face
Added to Unicode: 6.0
Added to Emoji: 0.6
Sequence: Single code point
Skin tones: Not defined

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji — these are what search matches against.

animal cat face joy laugh laughing lol tear tears

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character

😹

Unicode code points

U+1F639

JavaScript escape

\u{1f639}

CSS escape · For content: "…"

\1F639

HTML hexadecimal entity

😹

HTML decimal entity

😹

JSON escaped string

"\uD83D\uDE39"

Python Unicode escape

\U0001F639

Java Unicode escape · UTF-16 surrogate pairs

\uD83D\uDE39

URL encoded value

%F0%9F%98%B9

UTF-8 bytes

F0 9F 98 B9

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, “cat with tears of joy”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row — each repetition is read out in full.

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Related emojis

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Cat With Tears Of Joy?

Cat With Tears Of Joy is U+1F639.

Does Cat With Tears Of Joy support skin tones?

No. Unicode does not define a skin tone modifier for this emoji, so adding one would produce the base emoji followed by a stray colour swatch.

How do I use Cat With Tears Of Joy in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 😹 in HTML, \u{1f639} in JavaScript.

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