Man shrugging: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with dark skin shrugging his shoulders with his palms turned upward and a neutral, slightly quizzical expression. The gesture captures a moment of uncertainty or a complete lack of knowledge regarding a specific topic.
Usage Context
This is the go-to way to express 'I don't know' or 'who cares?' in a text conversation. It effectively replaces a typed 'idk' or '¯\_(ツ)_/¯' when you want to show a lack of concern or clarify that you have no information on the matter. It is frequently used alongside 🤷 or 🤷🏾♀️ to indicate collective confusion or apathy.
History
The shrug gesture has been a universal physical cue for centuries, but the specific digital character was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. The skin tone variations were introduced as part of the broader effort to provide more inclusive representation across global digital communication platforms.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏿♂
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3ff_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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