Man shrugging: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin raising both shoulders with his palms turned upward in a classic gesture of uncertainty. His facial expression is neutral, conveying a sense of confusion or a lack of concern.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to response when you don't have an answer, don't care about the outcome, or are feeling non-committal. It works as a non-verbal way to say 'beats me' or 'it is what it is.' Users frequently pair it with the 🤷 generic version or a facepalm 🤦🏾‍♂️ to emphasize frustration or resignation.

History

The base shrug emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. Its design is based on the 'shrug' emoticon (¯\_(ツ)_/¯), which became a staple of early internet message boards and IRC chats long before graphical icons were the standard for mobile texting.

Details

Glyph

🤷🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f937_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD37;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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