🙀️ Weary cat emoji
HTML
🙀
Unicode
U+1F640
What is 🙀️ called?
🙀️ is called the Weary cat emoji.
Commonly called the screaming cat, shocked cat, or scared cat because of its pose. These visual names are often clearer than the official “weary cat,” which does not mean that it is merely sleepy.
What does 🙀️ mean?
🙀 is officially the weary cat, but its actual expression is a shocked or frightened cat with paws on its cheeks. It conveys alarm, horror, disbelief, an unexpected surprise, or a dramatic “oh no.”
It visually mirrors 😱 Face screaming in fear far more closely than 😩 Weary face. The official word “weary” therefore often misleads people who are searching for the screaming or shocked cat.
Other meanings
A startled cat, panic, a jump scare, astonishment, bad news, comic horror, or theatrical surprise rather than ordinary tiredness.
Example Usage
The cat knocked the whole shelf over 🙀
That sudden ending completely surprised me 🙀
More details
Officially named weary cat. Its code point is U+1F640, and this project records it from Emoji 1.0. Despite that name, Unicode CLDR terminology also associates it with surprise, and modern usage overwhelmingly follows the visible scream.
Related emoji
Cat faces emojis
Visual description
A yellow or orange cat face with wide pale eyes, an open mouth, raised ears, and paws pressed against both cheeks.
Many platforms shade the forehead blue to heighten the shock. The hands-to-cheeks pose clearly resembles the human screaming-in-fear face, not a droopy exhausted expression.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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