Man shrugging: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with medium-light skin tone raising his shoulders and hands with palms facing upward. His facial expression is neutral, clearly signaling a lack of information or interest.
Usage Context
Used to convey confusion, apathy, or the classic 'I don't know' response in digital conversations. It is the go-to reaction for when you genuinely have no answer or simply cannot be bothered to provide one. It is often used in combination with 🤷 to show a shift in tone or to emphasize a shoulder-shrugging gesture.
History
The shrug gesture was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. It was created to bridge the gap between text-based shorthand like '¯\_(ツ)_/¯' and actual character support, allowing users to express ambiguity without having to type out an ASCII character sequence.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏼♂
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3fc_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.
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