Man shrugging Emoji
People
A man with short hair raising both shoulders toward his ears, palms turned upward in a classic gesture of uncertainty. His facial expression is neutral, conveying a sense of resigned cluelessness.
Usage Context
This is the go-to response when you have no idea what is happening, don't know an answer, or simply don't care about the outcome of a situation. It serves as a visual shortcut for phrases like 'I don't know' or 'whatever.' It is often used alongside the 🤷 neutral shrug or the 🤷♀️ female version to clarify intent.
History
While the shrug gesture has been a universal human movement for centuries, the specific male-coded version was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 4.0. It was developed to give users more precise gender options when expressing apathy or confusion in digital chats.
Details
Glyph
🤷♂
Unicode
U+1F937 U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
��‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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