# 🤷🏼‍♂️ Man shrugging emoji: medium-light skin tone

🤷🏼‍♂️ 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.

- Emoji: 🤷🏼‍♂️
- Unicode name: man shrugging: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FC 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-medium-light-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 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
- 🤷🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FF 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. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)
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 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 (es) | hombre encogido de hombros: tono de piel claro medio | duda, encogerse, hombre encogido de hombros, hombros, indiferencia, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | 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 (de) | schulterzuckender Mann: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Mann, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | 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 (pt) | 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 (nl) | 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 (sv) | man som rycker på axlarna: mellanljus hy | axelryckning, likgiltighet, man, man som rycker på axlarna, mellanljus hy, okunskap, tvivel, vet inte |
| Polski (pl) | 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 (tr) | 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 (ru) | мужчина пожимает плечами: светлый тон кожи | все, может, мужчина, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, светлый тон кожи, сомнение |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що знизує плечима: помірно світлий тон шкіри | байдуже, без поняття, все одно, не знаю, помірно світлий тон шкіри, розгубленість, хтозна, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | 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 (ar) | 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 (he) | 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 (fa) | 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 (hi) | 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 (bn) | 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 (id) | 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 (vi) | 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 (th) | ผู้ชายยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | เฉยเมย, เดา, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 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） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 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 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man skouerophaal: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që ngre supet: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ አለማወቅ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող մարդ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkən kişi: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир яурынын һикертә: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatzen ari den gizona: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына паціскае плячыма: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac sliježe ramenima: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж свива рамене: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui hausse les épaules : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅男人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅男人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): home que arronsa les espatlles: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅男人：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын хулпуҫҫисене сиктерет: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac sliježe ramenima: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): muž krčící rameny: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand trækker på skuldrene: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): õlgu kehitav mees: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): maður um yppur øksl: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nagkikibit-balikat: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava mies: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home facendo xesto de “nin idea”: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): კაცი მხრებს იჩეჩავს: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી પુરુષ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karta aadmi: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándító férfi: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður yppir öxlum: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egosi nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag croitheadh: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang angangkat pundhak: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): иығын көтеріп тұрған ер: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ەر: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): បុរសញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo utigisa intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी दादलो: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийинин куушурган эркек: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi man q’alaj ta chi uwach: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫໍ່ໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis rausta plecus: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o strenze e spalle: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): abejojantis vyras: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajucy muski: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mann, deen d’Schëlleren hieft: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж и кревање раменици: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): lelaki mengangkat bahu: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel ixengel spallejh: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर पुरुष: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчиж буй эрэгтэй: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tāne hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): वेवास्ता जनाउने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o emiša magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mann som trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mann som trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ କାନ୍ଧ ହଲାଉଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira mataa raasu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی اوږی ښوروي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مونڈھے اچکاندا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care ridică din umeri: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che auza las spatlas: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ druiteadh: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац слеже раменима: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац слијеже раменима: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac sleže ramenima: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac sliježe ramenima: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد اچڪائيندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සොලවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): muž krčiaci plecami: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki skomiga z rameni: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin garba-ruxaya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayeashiria kutojali: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் ஆண்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ እናነቕነቐ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata fakamahiki: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan erkek: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان ئەر: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak yelka qismoqda: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn codi gwar: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): góor aj mbagg: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): indoda enyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukushukuza amahlombe kowesilisa: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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.

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