Person shrugging: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned person raising both shoulders and palms upward, conveying a sense of uncertainty or lack of knowledge. The figure has a neutral facial expression that emphasizes the non-committal nature of the gesture.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to response when you genuinely don't know the answer to a question, feel indifferent about a situation, or want to signal that a specific outcome is out of your control. It acts as a visual shorthand for the acronym 'IDK' and is often used alongside 🤷 or 🤷♂️ in casual text conversations to express nonchalance.
History
The shrug gesture was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. It was specifically requested to fill the gap for a non-verbal way to communicate 'I don't know' in digital messaging, reflecting the global trend of translating common physical body language into icon-based shorthand.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏿
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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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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