Woman shrugging: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned woman with her shoulders raised and palms turned upward, expressing uncertainty or a lack of knowledge. The gesture features a neutral facial expression that emphasizes a sense of apathy or confusion.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to response when you have no answer for a question or simply do not care about a specific outcome. Users frequently pair it with 🤷 to reinforce the feeling of being completely checked out or confused. It effectively replaces phrases like 'I don't know' or 'who knows' in casual text messaging.
History
The base shrug emoji was added to Unicode 9.0 in 2016, following the massive popularity of the shrug emoticon in early internet forums and chat rooms. The woman variation and the dark skin tone modifier were later introduced to provide more inclusive ways to represent the body language of indifference across different digital platforms.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏿♀
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3ff_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
Related People Emojis
