🤷🏼‍♂️U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Man shrugging emoji: medium-light skin tone

Q: What is the difference between 🤷🏼♂️ and 🤷♂️?

🤷🏼♂️ is the 🤷♂️ man shrugging emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤷♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

Q: How do I type 🤷🏼♂️?

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

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

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Unicode name: man shrugging: medium-light skin tone
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 4.0 in 2016
Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Base emoji: 🤷‍♂️ Man shrugging

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.

How it looks

🤷🏼‍♂️

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What it's made of

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

🤷Person shruggingU+1F937
🏼Medium-light skin toneU+1F3FC
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
♂️Male signU+2642 U+FE0F
Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+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 medium-light skin tone.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man shrugging”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	hombre encogido de hombros: tono de piel claro medio	duda, encogerse, hombre encogido de hombros, hombros, indiferencia, tono de piel claro medio
Français	homme qui hausse les épaules : peau moyennement claire	aucune idée, doute, haussement, haussement d’épaules, homme, homme qui hausse les épaules, ignorance, indifférence, pas moi, peau moyennement claire, personne, rien vu, sais pas
Deutsch	schulterzuckender Mann: mittelhelle Hautfarbe	egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Mann, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel
Italiano	uomo che scrolla le spalle: carnagione abbastanza chiara	alzare le spalle, boh, carnagione abbastanza chiara, dubbio, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferenza, mani, non saprei, non so, persona, uomo che scrolla le spalle
Português	homem dando de ombros: pele morena clara	dar de ombros, dúvida, homem, homem dando de ombros, indiferença, menino, não sei, pele morena clara, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz
Nederlands	man die schouders ophaalt: lichtgetinte huidskleur	gebaar, geen idee, lichtgetinte huidskleur, man, man die schouders ophaalt, man haalt schouders op, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel
Svenska	man som rycker på axlarna: mellanljus hy	axelryckning, likgiltighet, man, man som rycker på axlarna, mellanljus hy, okunskap, tvivel, vet inte
Polski	mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami: karnacja średnio jasna	bezradność, karnacja średnio jasna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna rozkładający ręce, mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion
Türkçe	omuz silken erkek: orta açık cilt tonu	adam, belki, bilmem, erkek, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kişi, kuşku, omuz silken erkek, omuz silkme, orta açık cilt tonu, sanırım, şüphe
Русский	мужчина пожимает плечами: светлый тон кожи	все, может, мужчина, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, светлый тон кожи, сомнение
Українська	чоловік, що знизує плечима: помірно світлий тон шкіри	байдуже, без поняття, все одно, не знаю, помірно світлий тон шкіри, розгубленість, хтозна, чоловік
Ελληνικά	άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος	άγνοια, αγνοώ, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, άντρας, άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα εγώ, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, μπορεί, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, ώμοι
العربية	رجل لا يبالي: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل	أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, ربما, رجل لا يبالي, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يهمني, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف
עברית	גבר מושך בכתפיו: גוון עור בהיר בינוני	אולי, אין לי מושג, איש, גבר, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוח, לא יודע, מושך בכתפיים, נראה לי, ספק
فارسی	مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد: پوست روشن	احتمالا, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, پوست روشن, حالا هر چی, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, کی میدونه, مرد, مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد, مطمئن نبودن, ندانستن, نمی دونم, نمی‌دانم
हिन्दी	कंधा उचकाता पुरुष: हल्की गोरी त्वचा	अज्ञान, आदमी, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता आदमी, कंधा उचकाता पुरुष, कंधे उचकाने की क्रिया, क्या पता, पुरुष, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हो सकता है
বাংলা	ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ	অবিশ্বাস, আমি জানি না, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, ছেলে, ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, জানি না, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয়
Bahasa Indonesia	pria mengangkat bahu: warna kulit cerah-sedang	angkat, bahu, bisa jadi, entah, isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, masa bodo, mungkin, pria, pria mengangkat bahu, terserah, warna kulit cerah-sedang
Tiếng Việt	người đàn ông nhún vai: màu da sáng trung bình	chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, màu da sáng trung bình, nam, nghi ngờ, người đàn ông, người đàn ông nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, sự thờ ơ, vô minh
ไทย	ผู้ชายยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง	เฉยเมย, เดา, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ
日本語	お手上げする男: やや薄い肌色	お手上げ, お手上げする男, さあね, ジェスチャー, やや薄い肌色, わかりません, 多分ね, 男, 男性, 知らない, 肩をすくめる
한국어	어깨를 으쓱하는 남자: 연한 갈색 피부	글쎄, 남자, 누가 알겠어, 모르겠음, 몰라, 무관심, 무식, 무엇이든, 무지, 아마도, 어깨, 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자, 연한 갈색 피부, 으쓱, 의심
中文（简体）	男生耸肩: 中等-浅肤色	不关心, 不知道, 中等-浅肤色, 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
中文（繁體）	男生聳肩：黃皮膚	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, 黃皮膚

Names in 101 more languages

Afrikaans	man skouerophaal: medium-ligte velkleur
Akan	barima repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
Albanian	burrë që ngre supet: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
Amharic	ወንድ አለማወቅ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
Armenian	ուսերը թոթվող մարդ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
Assamese	সঠিক নজনা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijani	çiynini çəkən kişi: orta-açıq dəri tonu
Bashkir	ир яурынын һикертә: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
Basque	sorbaldak altxatzen ari den gizona: 3. mota
Belarusian	мужчына паціскае плячыма: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
Bosnian	muškarac sliježe ramenima: umjereno svijetla boja kože
Bulgarian	мъж свива рамене: средно светла кожа
Burmese	ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားနုရောင်
Canadian French	homme qui hausse les épaules : peau modérément claire
Cantonese	聳肩嘅男人: 中淺膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)	耸肩嘅男人: 中浅肤色
Catalan	home que arronsa les espatlles: pell bastant clara
Cherokee	ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	聳肩嘅男人：黃皮膚
Chuvash	арҫын хулпуҫҫисене сиктерет: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
Croatian	muškarac sliježe ramenima: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
Czech	muž krčící rameny: středně světlý odstín pleti
Danish	mand trækker på skuldrene: medium til lys teint
Estonian	õlgu kehitav mees: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
European Portuguese	homem a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 3
Faroese	maður um yppur øksl: miðalljósur húðarlitur
Filipino	lalaking nagkikibit-balikat: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
Finnish	olkapäitään kohauttava mies: keskivaalea iho
Galician	home facendo xesto de “nin idea”: ton de pel claro
Georgian	კაცი მხრებს იჩეჩავს: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
Gujarati	બેદરકારી પુરુષ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
Hausa	mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
Hindi (Latin)	shrug karta aadmi: medium-fair skin
Hungarian	vállrándító férfi: közepesen világos bőrtónus
Icelandic	maður yppir öxlum: meðalljós húðlitur
Igbo	nwoke na-egosi nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
Irish	fear ag croitheadh: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
Javanese	wong lanang angangkat pundhak: kulit putih langsep
Kannada	ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakh	иығын көтеріп тұрған ер: 3-тері түрі
Kazakh (Arabic)	يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ەر: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
Khmer	បុរសញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរសល្មម
Kinyarwanda	umugabo utigisa intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
Konkani	खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी दादलो: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyz	ийинин куушурган эркек: буудай жүздүү
Kʼicheʼ	achi man q’alaj ta chi uwach: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Lao	ຜູ້ຊາຍຫໍ່ໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
Latvian	vīrietis rausta plecus: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
Ligurian	òmmo ch’o strenze e spalle: carnaxon assæ ciæa
Lithuanian	abejojantis vyras: vidutinio gymio
Lower Sorbian	z ramjenjoma sukotajucy muski: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
Luxembourgish	Mann, deen d’Schëlleren hieft: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
Macedonian	маж и кревање раменици: тип на кожа 3
Malay	lelaki mengangkat bahu: ton kulit sederhana cerah
Malayalam	തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltese	raġel ixengel spallejh: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
Marathi	बेफिकीर पुरुष: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
Mongolian	мөрөө хавчиж буй эрэгтэй: бага зэргийн цайвар
Māori	tāne hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
Nepali	वेवास्ता जनाउने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-३
Nigerian Pidgin	Man Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
Northern Sotho	monna o emiša magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
Norwegian	mann som trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 3
Norwegian Nynorsk	mann som trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 3
Odia	ପୁରୁଷ କାନ୍ଧ ହଲାଉଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromo	dhiira mataa raasu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
Pashto	سړی اوږی ښوروي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
Punjabi	ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)	مونڈھے اچکاندا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechua	tata rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: tunpa chuya qara niraq
Romanian	bărbat care ridică din umeri: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
Romansh	um che auza las spatlas: pel mez clera
Scottish Gaelic	duine a’ druiteadh: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbian	мушкарац слеже раменима: средње светла кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	мушкарац слијеже раменима: средње свијетла кожа
Serbian (Latin)	muškarac sleže ramenima: srednje svetla koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	muškarac sliježe ramenima: srednje svijetla koža
Shan	ၽူႈၸၢႆးယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
Sindhi	مرد اچڪائيندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
Sinhala	උරහිස් සොලවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
Slovak	muž krčiaci plecami: stredne svetlý tón pleti
Slovenian	moški, ki skomiga z rameni: srednje svetel ten kože
Somali	nin garba-ruxaya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
Swahili	mwanamume anayeashiria kutojali: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
Tajik	марде, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
Tamil	தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் ஆண்: வகை 3
Telugu	తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinya	ሰብኣይ እናነቕነቐ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
Tongan	tangata fakamahiki: kili kelokelo
Tswana	monna yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
Turkmen	egnini gysýan erkek: orta açyk deri reňki
Upper Sorbian	muž, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: srěnjoswětła barba kože
Urdu	کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
Uyghur	قىسىلغان ئەر: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
Uzbek	erkak yelka qismoqda: 3-teri turi
Welsh	dyn yn codi gwar: arlliw croen canolig-golau
Wolof	góor aj mbagg: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
Xhosa	indoda enyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
Yoruba	ọkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amọ́lára díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)	ɔkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
Zulu	ukushukuza amahlombe kowesilisa: uhlobo-3

Codes

Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML: 🤷🏼‍♂️
CSS: \1F937\1F3FC\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F937}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python: \U0001F937\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: D83E DD37 D83C DFFC 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BC%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 medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🤷🏼‍♂️ and 🤷‍♂️?

🤷🏼‍♂️ is the 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤷‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FC 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 medium-light 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+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷🏼‍♂️

When was 🤷🏼‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.