Person shrugging: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with light skin tone lifting their shoulders and holding their hands out to the sides, palms up. The facial expression conveys a lack of knowledge, certainty, or interest.

Usage Context

This is the go-to response for when you have absolutely no idea what is going on or simply do not care. It serves as the visual equivalent of 'I don't know' or 'whatever.' It is frequently used in digital arguments or casual chats alongside 🤦🏻 to express total exasperation with a situation.

History

While the gesture of shrugging is ancient, the emoji was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. It quickly became a staple of internet culture, replacing the classic '¯\_(ツ)_/¯' ASCII emoticon that defined early message board communication.

Details

Glyph

🤷🏻

Unicode

U+1F937 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f937_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD37;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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