Person shrugging: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A figure with medium-toned skin lifting both hands with palms facing upward, accompanied by a neutral or slightly downturned facial expression. The gesture mimics the physical act of shrugging one's shoulders to convey a lack of knowledge or interest.
Usage Context
This is the go-to reply for expressing uncertainty, nonchalance, or total confusion in text-based chats. It is frequently used to signal that the sender has no answer to a question or doesn't care about a particular outcome. It functions similarly to the verbal 'idk' or the dismissive nature of 🙅.
History
While the shrug gesture has been a staple of human non-verbal communication for ages, this specific digital icon was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. It gained rapid popularity as mobile messaging moved toward more expressive, character-based reactions to replace long-form explanations.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏽
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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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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