# 🤷🏿‍♂️ Man shrugging emoji: dark skin tone

🤷🏿‍♂️ is the man shrugging emoji (🤷‍♂️) with dark skin tone. It's 🤷‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤷🏿‍♂️
- Unicode name: man shrugging: dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤷‍♂️ Man shrugging](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A man lifting his shoulders and spreading his hands in a shrug. Senders pick it to say "I have no idea," "could be" or "what can you do," and to show indifference or uncertainty.

## Other skin tones

- 🤷‍♂️ [Man shrugging](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-emoji.md)
- 🤷🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🤷🏿‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤷 [Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md) (U+1F937)
2. 🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FF)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🤷🏿‍♂️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man shrugging”, then pick dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre encogido de hombros: tono de piel oscuro | duda, encogerse, hombre encogido de hombros, hombros, indiferencia, tono de piel oscuro |
| Français (fr) | homme qui hausse les épaules : peau foncée | aucune idée, doute, haussement, haussement d’épaules, homme, homme qui hausse les épaules, ignorance, indifférence, pas moi, peau foncée, personne, rien vu, sais pas |
| Deutsch (de) | schulterzuckender Mann: dunkle Hautfarbe | dunkle Hautfarbe, egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Mann, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che scrolla le spalle: carnagione scura | alzare le spalle, boh, carnagione scura, dubbio, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferenza, mani, non saprei, non so, persona, uomo che scrolla le spalle |
| Português (pt) | homem dando de ombros: pele escura | dar de ombros, dúvida, homem, homem dando de ombros, indiferença, menino, não sei, pele escura, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz |
| Nederlands (nl) | man die schouders ophaalt: donkere huidskleur | donkere huidskleur, gebaar, geen idee, man, man die schouders ophaalt, man haalt schouders op, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel |
| Svenska (sv) | man som rycker på axlarna: mörk hy | axelryckning, likgiltighet, man, man som rycker på axlarna, mörk hy, okunskap, tvivel, vet inte |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami: karnacja ciemna | bezradność, karnacja ciemna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna rozkładający ręce, mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion |
| Türkçe (tr) | omuz silken erkek: koyu cilt tonu | adam, belki, bilmem, erkek, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kişi, koyu cilt tonu, kuşku, omuz silken erkek, omuz silkme, sanırım, şüphe |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина пожимает плечами: очень темный тон кожи | все, может, мужчина, очень темный тон кожи, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що знизує плечима: темний тон шкіри | байдуже, без поняття, все одно, не знаю, розгубленість, темний тон шкіри, хтозна, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους: σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άγνοια, αγνοώ, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, άντρας, άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα εγώ, μπορεί, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, ώμοι |
| العربية (ar) | رجل لا يبالي: بشرة بلون غامق | أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, بشرة بلون غامق, ربما, رجل لا يبالي, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يهمني, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف |
| עברית (he) | גבר מושך בכתפיו: גוון עור כהה | אולי, אין לי מושג, איש, גבר, גוון עור כהה, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוח, לא יודע, מושך בכתפיים, נראה לי, ספק |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد: پوست آبنوسی | احتمالا, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, پوست آبنوسی, حالا هر چی, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, کی میدونه, مرد, مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد, مطمئن نبودن, ندانستن, نمی دونم, نمی‌دانم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कंधा उचकाता पुरुष: साँवली त्वचा | अज्ञान, आदमी, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता आदमी, कंधा उचकाता पुरुष, कंधे उचकाने की क्रिया, क्या पता, पुरुष, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, साँवली त्वचा, हो सकता है |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো: কালো ত্বকের রঙ | অবিশ্বাস, আমি জানি না, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, ছেলে, ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, জানি না, পুরুষ, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয় |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria mengangkat bahu: warna kulit gelap | angkat, bahu, bisa jadi, entah, isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, masa bodo, mungkin, pria, pria mengangkat bahu, terserah, warna kulit gelap |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông nhún vai: màu da tối | chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, màu da tối, nam, nghi ngờ, người đàn ông, người đàn ông nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, sự thờ ơ, vô minh |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีเข้ม | เฉยเมย, เดา, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, ผู้ชาย, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | お手上げする男: 濃い肌色 | お手上げ, お手上げする男, さあね, ジェスチャー, わかりません, 多分ね, 濃い肌色, 男, 男性, 知らない, 肩をすくめる |
| 한국어 (ko) | 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자: 검은색 피부 | 검은색 피부, 글쎄, 남자, 누가 알겠어, 모르겠음, 몰라, 무관심, 무식, 무엇이든, 무지, 아마도, 어깨, 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자, 으쓱, 의심 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生耸肩: 较深肤色 | 不关心, 不知道, 天晓得, 怀疑, 我哪知, 我猜的, 无所谓, 无视, 男, 男子耸肩, 男生耸肩, 耸肩, 较深肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生聳肩：黑皮膚 | 不在乎, 不知道, 可能, 大概, 應該, 我猜, 男, 男生聳肩, 聳肩, 都好, 隨便, 黑皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man skouerophaal: donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani tuntum
- Albanian (sq): burrë që ngre supet: nuancë lëkure e errët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ አለማወቅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող մարդ․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা পুৰুষ: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkən kişi: tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир яурынын һикертә: ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatzen ari den gizona: 6. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына паціскае плячыма: цёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac sliježe ramenima: tamna boja kože
- Breton (br): paotr o hejañ e zivskoaz : krocʼhen teñval
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж свива рамене: тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားမည်းရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui hausse les épaules : peau foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅男人: 深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅男人: 深肤色
- Catalan (ca): home que arronsa les espatlles: pell molt fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅男人：黑皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын хулпуҫҫисене сиктерет: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac sliježe ramenima: tamno smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): muž krčící rameny: tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand trækker på skuldrene: mørk teint
- Estonian (et): õlgu kehitav mees: tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 6
- Faroese (fo): maður um yppur øksl: myrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nagkikibit-balikat: dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava mies: tumma iho
- Galician (gl): home facendo xesto de “nin idea”: ton de pel moi escuro
- Georgian (ka): კაცი მხრებს იჩეჩავს: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી પુરુષ: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa: launin fata mai duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karta aadmi: dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándító férfi: sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður yppir öxlum: dökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egosi nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
- Irish (ga): fear ag croitheadh: ton cnis dorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang angangkat pundhak: kulit ireng
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): иығын көтеріп тұрған ер: 6-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ەر: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo utigisa intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी दादलो: गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийинин куушурган эркек: кара
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi man q’alaj ta chi uwach: q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫໍ່ໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis rausta plecus: tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o strenze e spalle: carnaxon scua
- Lithuanian (lt): abejojantis vyras: itin tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajucy muski: śamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mann, deen d’Schëlleren hieft: däischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж и кревање раменици: тип на кожа 6
- Malay (ms): lelaki mengangkat bahu: ton kulit gelap
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel ixengel spallejh: ton skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर पुरुष: काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчиж буй эрэгтэй: бор
- Māori (mi): tāne hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua parauri
- Nepali (ne): वेवास्ता जनाउने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-६
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o emiša magetla: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
- Norwegian (no): mann som trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 6
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mann som trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 6
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ କାନ୍ଧ ହଲାଉଛନ୍ତି: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira mataa raasu: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
- Pashto (ps): سړی اوږی ښوروي: تور پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مونڈھے اچکاندا بندہ: کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care ridică din umeri: ton închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che auza las spatlas: pel stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ druiteadh: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац слеже раменима: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац слијеже раменима: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac sleže ramenima: tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac sliježe ramenima: tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد اچڪائيندي: ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සොලවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
- Slovak (sk): muž krčiaci plecami: tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki skomiga z rameni: temen ten kože
- Somali (so): nin garba-ruxaya: jidh madaw
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayeashiria kutojali: ngozi nyeusi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги торики пӯст
- Tamil (ta): தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் ஆண்: வகை 6
- Telugu (te): తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ እናነቕነቐ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tangata fakamahiki: kili ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo la mmala o montsho
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan erkek: goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: ćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان ئەر: توق تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): erkak yelka qismoqda: 6-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn codi gwar: arlliw croen tywyll
- Wolof (wo): góor aj mbagg: xeesaayu der bu ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): indoda enyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: adúláwọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: adúláwɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukushukuza amahlombe kowesilisa: uhlobo-6

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤷🏿‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F937\1F3FF\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F937}\u{1F3FF}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F937\U0001F3FF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BF E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD37 D83C DFFF 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BF%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🤷🏿‍♂️ mean?

A man lifting his shoulders and spreading his hands in a shrug. Senders pick it to say "I have no idea," "could be" or "what can you do," and to show indifference or uncertainty. 🤷🏿‍♂️ shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤷🏿‍♂️ and 🤷‍♂️?

🤷🏿‍♂️ is the 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🤷‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🤷🏿‍♂️?

Find 🤷‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🤷🏿‍♂️?

U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷🏿‍♂️

### When was 🤷🏿‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji