Man shrugging: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a light skin tone shown mid-shrug with his palms turned upward and shoulders raised. His facial expression communicates a sense of uncertainty, resignation, or a total lack of information.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to response when you don't have an answer, feel indifferent, or want to signal that a situation is out of your hands. It acts as a non-verbal way to say 'it is what it is' or 'beats me.' It is frequently used alongside 🤷 to show a broader range of demographics or paired with 🤔 when someone is feigning deep thought while actually being clueless.
History
The shrug gesture has been a staple of non-verbal communication for centuries, but its digital life began when the shrug was approved as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016. The variant with skin tone modifiers was added shortly after to allow users to better represent themselves in casual text-based messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏻♂
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3fb_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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