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Cat Face Emoticon (=^･ω･^=) — Copy & Paste + Variants

┤ THE CAT FACE ├ ┤ #006 ├

(=^･ω･^=)

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(=^･ω･^=)

CLASSIC

(=^‥^=)

SIMPLE

ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

PAWS

(^･o･^)ﾉ"

WAVE

(=^-ω-^=)

SLEEPY

(=ＴェＴ=)

SAD

(=｀ω´=)

GRUMPY

(^._.^)ﾉ

GREETING

(=①ω①=)

ROUND EYES

/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\

MODERN

── WHAT IS THE CAT KAOMOJI?────────────────────────────────────────────────

The cat face (=^･ω･^=) builds a whole animal from four tricks: circumflexes ^ for pointed ears, halfwidth katakana middle dots ･ for eyes, equals signs for whiskers, and — the masterstroke — the Greek letter ω (omega) as the split muzzle of a cat's mouth.

Cat kaomoji are a staple of Japanese net culture (the cat's "nya" is as iconic there as "meow" in English), and ω went on to become the mouth of choice for anything cute. The paw-flanked ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ even borrows its paws from Thai and its nose from Arabic script — kaomoji raid every alphabet.

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CHARNAMECODE POINTHTML ENTITY

=EQUALS SIGNU+003D=

^CIRCUMFLEX ACCENTU+005E^

･HALFWIDTH KATAKANA MIDDLE DOTU+FF65･

ωGREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGAU+03C9ω

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▸ Honestly? Copy it.

Nobody types these by hand. Hit the copy button above, or make a text-replacement shortcut so it expands as you type.

▸ Windows

Add a text replacement like ;cat (Settings → Time & Language → Typing), or pin it in clipboard history (Win+V).

▸ macOS / iOS

System Settings → Keyboard → Text Replacements. Type ;cat → (=^･ω･^=) everywhere, synced by iCloud.

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Terminals / code fonts△ ฅ ﻌ may be boxes

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[+] What is the ω in the cat's mouth?

The Greek small letter omega (U+03C9). Its two rounded humps happen to look exactly like a cat's split upper lip, so Japanese net culture adopted it as the standard cute-animal mouth.

[+] Why do some characters show as boxes □?

Exotic pieces like the Thai ฅ or Arabic ﻌ in the paws variant need broad font coverage. When a font lacks the glyph you get a fallback box. Phones and modern browsers are fine; older terminals struggle. The CLASSIC variant is the safest.

[+] What does the cat kaomoji mean?

Playfulness, cuteness, or signing off a message with charm — cat faces carry no fixed meaning beyond "this is delightful". The sad and grumpy variants let you stay in character while complaining.

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