Woman shrugging: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium-dark skin raising both hands with her palms facing upward, accompanied by a slight tilt of the head. Her shoulders are hunched toward her ears in a gesture that clearly signals uncertainty or a lack of concern.
Usage Context
This is the go-to response when you don't have the answer to a question, feel indifferent about a situation, or want to convey a 'whatever' attitude. It functions as a non-verbal way to say 'I have no idea' or 'It's out of my hands.' It is frequently used alongside the 🤷 generic shrug or the 🧐 face to highlight a confusing situation.
History
While the shrug gesture has been a staple of body language for centuries, the specific emoji version was added to the Unicode standard in 2016. It was introduced as part of a push to increase gender and skin tone diversity across the emoji keyboard, allowing users to express common sentiments with characters that more closely match their own appearance.
Details
Glyph
🤷🏾♀
Unicode
U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f937_1f3fe_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
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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