Person shrugging: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with medium-dark skin tone raising their shoulders and hands in a classic shrug gesture. The facial expression is neutral, often featuring slightly raised eyebrows to convey uncertainty or a lack of information.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to response when you don’t have an answer, don’t care about the outcome, or are feeling indifferent toward a situation. It effectively replaces phrases like 'I have no idea' or 'beats me' in digital conversations. It is frequently paired with 🙃 to show a sense of playful resignation or 🤷 to emphasize a mood of helplessness.
History
While the shrug gesture has been a universal physical expression for centuries, it was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. It was specifically requested by users who wanted a more expressive way to handle the awkwardness of text-based communication when a question stumped them.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏾
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3fe:
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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