Person shrugging Emoji
People
A person with their shoulders raised in a shrug, palms upturned, and a neutral facial expression. The gesture clearly communicates a lack of knowledge, an inability to provide an answer, or total indifference toward a situation.
Usage Context
This is the go-to response when you don't have the information someone is asking for or when you want to signal that you couldn't care less about the outcome. It serves the same function as the classic ASCII emoticon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and is frequently used alongside 🤷♂️ or 🤷♀️ to specify gender, or 🤦 to express exasperation.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon was a highly requested addition because of the immense popularity of the 'shruggie' emoticon in internet culture. It formalized a gesture that had been a staple of forum posts and text-based chats for decades.
Details
Glyph
🤷
Unicode
U+1F937
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937:
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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