# 🤷🏽‍♂️ Man shrugging emoji: medium skin tone

🤷🏽‍♂️ is the man shrugging emoji (🤷‍♂️) with medium 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 skin tone
- Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FD 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-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-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 skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FD)
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 skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man shrugging”, then pick medium 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 medio | duda, encogerse, hombre encogido de hombros, hombros, indiferencia, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | homme qui hausse les épaules : peau légèrement mate | aucune idée, doute, haussement, haussement d’épaules, homme, homme qui hausse les épaules, ignorance, indifférence, pas moi, peau légèrement mate, personne, rien vu, sais pas |
| Deutsch (de) | schulterzuckender Mann: mittlere Hautfarbe | egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Mann, mittlere Hautfarbe, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che scrolla le spalle: carnagione olivastra | alzare le spalle, boh, carnagione olivastra, dubbio, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferenza, mani, non saprei, non so, persona, uomo che scrolla le spalle |
| Português (pt) | homem dando de ombros: pele morena | dar de ombros, dúvida, homem, homem dando de ombros, indiferença, menino, não sei, pele morena, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz |
| Nederlands (nl) | man die schouders ophaalt: getinte huidskleur | gebaar, geen idee, getinte huidskleur, man, man die schouders ophaalt, man haalt schouders op, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel |
| Svenska (sv) | man som rycker på axlarna: mellanfärgad hy | axelryckning, likgiltighet, man, man som rycker på axlarna, mellanfärgad hy, okunskap, tvivel, vet inte |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami: karnacja średnia | bezradność, karnacja średnia, mężczyzna, mężczyzna rozkładający ręce, mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion |
| Türkçe (tr) | omuz silken erkek: orta cilt tonu | adam, belki, bilmem, erkek, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kişi, kuşku, omuz silken erkek, omuz silkme, orta cilt tonu, sanırım, şüphe |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина пожимает плечами: средний тон кожи | все, может, мужчина, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение, средний тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що знизує плечима: помірний тон шкіри | байдуже, без поняття, все одно, не знаю, помірний тон шкіри, розгубленість, хтозна, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | άγνοια, αγνοώ, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, άντρας, άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα εγώ, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, μπορεί, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, ώμοι |
| العربية (ar) | رجل لا يبالي: بشرة بلون معتدل | أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, بشرة بلون معتدل, ربما, رجل لا يبالي, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يهمني, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف |
| עברית (he) | גבר מושך בכתפיו: גוון עור בינוני | אולי, אין לי מושג, איש, גבר, גוון עור בינוני, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוח, לא יודע, מושך בכתפיים, נראה לי, ספק |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد: پوست طلایی | احتمالا, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, پوست طلایی, 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: गेहुँआ त्वचा | अज्ञान, आदमी, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता आदमी, कंधा उचकाता पुरुष, कंधे उचकाने की क्रिया, क्या पता, गेहुँआ त्वचा, पुरुष, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हो सकता है |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | অবিশ্বাস, আমি জানি না, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, ছেলে, ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, জানি না, পুরুষ, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয় |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria mengangkat bahu: warna kulit sedang | angkat, bahu, bisa jadi, entah, isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, masa bodo, mungkin, pria, pria mengangkat bahu, terserah, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông nhún vai: màu da trung bình | chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, màu da 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: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | เฉยเมย, เดา, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | お手上げする男: 中間の肌色 | 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, 中間の肌色, 多分ね, 男, 男性, 知らない, 肩をすくめる |
| 한국어 (ko) | 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 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: 中等肤色 | 不关心, 不知道, 中等肤色, 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：淺褐皮膚 | 不在乎, 不知道, 可能, 大概, 應該, 我猜, 淺褐皮膚, 男, 男生聳肩, 聳肩, 都好, 隨便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man skouerophaal: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që ngre supet: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ወንድ አለማወቅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող մարդ․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkən kişi: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир яурынын һикертә: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatzen ari den gizona: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): мужчына паціскае плячыма: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac sliježe ramenima: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж свива рамене: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui hausse les épaules : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅男人: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅男人: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): home que arronsa les espatlles: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅男人：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын хулпуҫҫисене сиктерет: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac sliježe ramenima: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): muž krčící rameny: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand trækker på skuldrene: medium teint
- Estonian (et): õlgu kehitav mees: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): maður um yppur øksl: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nagkikibit-balikat: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava mies: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home facendo xesto de “nin idea”: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): კაცი მხრებს იჩეჩავს: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી પુરુષ: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karta aadmi: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándító férfi: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður yppir öxlum: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egosi nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag croitheadh: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang angangkat pundhak: kulit kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): иығын көтеріп тұрған ер: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ەر: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo utigisa intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी दादलो: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийинин куушурган эркек: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi man q’alaj ta chi uwach: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫໍ່ໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis rausta plecus: vidējs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o strenze e spalle: carnaxon cô d’öiva
- Lithuanian (lt): abejojantis vyras: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajucy muski: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mann, deen d’Schëlleren hieft: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж и кревање раменици: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): lelaki mengangkat bahu: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): raġel ixengel spallejh: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर पुरुष: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчиж буй эрэгтэй: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): tāne hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): वेवास्ता जनाउने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o emiša magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mann som trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 4
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mann som trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ କାନ୍ଧ ହଲାଉଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira mataa raasu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی اوږی ښوروي: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مونڈھے اچکاندا بندہ: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care ridică din umeri: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che auza las spatlas: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ druiteadh: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац слеже раменима: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац слијеже раменима: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac sleže ramenima: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac sliježe ramenima: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): مرد اچڪائيندي: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සොලවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): muž krčiaci plecami: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki skomiga z rameni: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): nin garba-ruxaya: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayeashiria kutojali: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் ஆண்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ እናነቕነቐ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata fakamahiki: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan erkek: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان ئەر: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak yelka qismoqda: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn codi gwar: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): góor aj mbagg: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): indoda enyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukushukuza amahlombe kowesilisa: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F937 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤷🏽‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F937\1F3FD\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F937}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F937\U0001F3FD\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD37 D83C DFFD 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BD%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 skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🤷🏽‍♂️ is the 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging emoji with medium skin tone. It's 🤷‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FD 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 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+1F3FD 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-skin-tone-emoji