Person shrugging: light skin tone Emoji
People
A person with light skin tone lifting their shoulders and holding their hands out to the sides, palms up. The facial expression conveys a lack of knowledge, certainty, or interest.
Usage Context
This is the go-to response for when you have absolutely no idea what is going on or simply do not care. It serves as the visual equivalent of 'I don't know' or 'whatever.' It is frequently used in digital arguments or casual chats alongside 🤦🏻 to express total exasperation with a situation.
History
While the gesture of shrugging is ancient, the emoji was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. It quickly became a staple of internet culture, replacing the classic '¯\_(ツ)_/¯' ASCII emoticon that defined early message board communication.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏻
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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