🤷🏼U+1F937 U+1F3FC

Person shrugging emoji: medium-light skin tone

🤷🏼 is the person shrugging emoji (🤷) with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤷 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.

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Unicode name: person shrugging: medium-light skin tone
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 3.0 in 2016
Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FC
Base emoji: 🤷 Person shrugging

What it means

Pictures a person with raised shoulders and open palms in a shrug. It says "I don't know," "who knows" or "maybe," and shows indifference, a "whatever" attitude, or helplessness about a situation.

How it looks

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What it's made of

🤷🏼 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

🤷Person shruggingU+1F937
🏼Medium-light skin toneU+1F3FC

How to type 🤷🏼

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person 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	persona encogida de hombros: tono de piel claro medio	duda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, persona encogida de hombros, tono de piel claro medio
Français	personne qui hausse les épaules : peau moyennement claire	aucune idée, c’est comme ça, doute, femme qui hausse les épaules, haussement d’épaules, ignorance, indifférence, je ne sais pas, peau moyennement claire, personne, personne qui hausse les épaules, peut-être, que faire, qui sait
Deutsch	schulterzuckende Person: mittelhelle Hautfarbe	egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Person, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel
Italiano	persona che scrolla le spalle: carnagione abbastanza chiara	boh, carnagione abbastanza chiara, dubbio, forse, indifferenza, non lo so, non saprei, noncuranza, persona che alza le spalle, persona che scrolla le spalle, può darsi, spalle alzate, vabbè
Português	pessoa dando de ombros: pele morena clara	dar de ombros, dúvida, ignorância, indiferença, não sei, ombros, pele morena clara, pessoa, pessoa dando de ombros, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz
Nederlands	persoon die schouders ophaalt: lichtgetinte huidskleur	gebaar, idk, ik weet het niet, lichtgetinte huidskleur, misschien, onverschilligheid, onwetend, onwetendheid, persoon die schouders ophaalt, schouderophalen, twijfel
Svenska	person som rycker på axlarna: mellanljus hy	axelryckning, likgiltighet, mellanljus hy, okunskap, person som rycker på axlarna, tvivel
Polski	osoba wzruszająca ramionami: karnacja średnio jasna	bezradność, karnacja średnio jasna, nie wiem, obojętność, osoba, osoba rozkładająca ręce, osoba wzruszająca ramionami, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion
Türkçe	omuz silkme: orta açık cilt tonu	bilemem, bilmem, bilmeme, bilmiyorum, ilgisizlik, kararsız, kişi, ne bileyim, ne yapalım, omuz silkme, orta açık cilt tonu, sanırım, vücut
Русский	человек пожимает плечами: светлый тон кожи	все, может, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, светлый тон кожи, сомнение, человек
Українська	людина, що знизує плечима: помірно світлий тон шкіри	байдуже, байдужість, знизування, мабуть, не знаю, невідомо, помірно світлий тон шкіри, розгубленість, сумнів, хтозна
Ελληνικά	άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος	άγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβολία, ανασήκωμα ώμων, άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος
العربية	لا مبالاة: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل	أشخاص, أيًا كان, احتمال, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, جهل, ربما, شك, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يوجد فرق, من يدري, هزة الكتف
עברית	מישהי מושכת בכתפיה: גוון עור בהיר בינוני	אדישה, אולי, אין לי מושג, אני מנחשת, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, לא יודעת, לא משנה, תעזבו אותי
فارسی	شانه بالا انداختن: پوست روشن	بدن, به من چه, پوست روشن, حالا هرچی, زن, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, شک داشتن, کی میدونه, ندانستن, نمی‌دانم
हिन्दी	कंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति: हल्की गोरी त्वचा	अज्ञान, उचकाना, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति, कंधे उचकाना, पता नहीं, मुझे क्या पता, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हो सकता है
বাংলা	ঠিক জানি না: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ	অজ্ঞান, অনিশ্চয়তা, অনিশ্চিত, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ নাড়িয়ে উত্তরল দেওয়া, ঠিক জানি না, দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, যাই হোক, সম্ভবত, সংশয়, হয়তো
Bahasa Indonesia	orang mengangkat bahu: warna kulit cerah-sedang	angkat bahu, bingung, bisa jadi, entah, masa bodo, nggak tahu, orang mengangkat bahu, siapa tahu, tau deh, terserah, tidak tahu, wanita mengangkat bahu, warna kulit cerah-sedang
Tiếng Việt	người nhún vai: màu da sáng trung bình	ai mà biết được, có thể, hững hờ, không biết, màu da sáng trung bình, nghi ngờ, người nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, thờ ơ
ไทย	ยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง	ช่างเถอะ, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ไม่แคร์, ไม่รู้, ไม่สน, ยักไหล่
日本語	お手上げする人: やや薄い肌色	お手上げ, お手上げする人, さあね, ジェスチャー, やや薄い肌色, わかりません, 人, 多分ね, 知らない, 肩をすくめる
한국어	어깨를 으쓱하는 사람: 연한 갈색 피부	글쎄, 무관심, 무슨 상관이야, 무시, 무식, 무지, 상관없어, 아마도, 어깨 으쓱, 어깨를 으쓱하는 사람, 연한 갈색 피부, 으쓱, 잘 모르겠음
中文（简体）	耸肩: 中等-浅肤色	不关心, 不知道, 中等-浅肤色, 人, 天晓得, 怀疑, 我哪知, 我猜的, 无所谓, 无视, 耸肩
中文（繁體）	聳肩：黃皮膚	不知道, 不關心, 懷疑, 我猜, 攤手, 聳, 聳肩, 肩, 說不定, 隨便, 黃皮膚

Names in 101 more languages

Afrikaans	persoon skouerophaal: medium-ligte velkleur
Akan	onipa repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
Albanian	ngritje supesh: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
Amharic	ንቆ መተው: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
Armenian	ուսերը թոթվող անձ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
Assamese	সঠিক নজনা ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijani	çiynini çəkmək: orta-açıq dəri tonu
Bashkir	кеше яурынын һикертә: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
Basque	sorbaldak altxatu: 3. mota
Belarusian	паціскае плячыма: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
Bosnian	slijeganje ramenima: umjereno svijetla boja kože
Bulgarian	свиване на рамене: средно светла кожа
Burmese	ပခုံးတွန့်သည် − အသားနုရောင်
Canadian French	personne qui hausse les épaules : peau modérément claire
Cantonese	聳肩嘅人: 中淺膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)	耸肩嘅人: 中浅肤色
Catalan	persona que arronsa les espatlles: pell bastant clara
Cherokee	ᏴᏫ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	聳肩嘅人：黃皮膚
Chuvash	ҫын хулпуҫҫийӗсене сиктерет: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
Croatian	slijeganje ramenima: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
Czech	osoba krčící rameny: středně světlý odstín pleti
Danish	trækker på skuldrene: medium til lys teint
Estonian	õlakehitus: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
European Portuguese	pessoa a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 3
Faroese	persónur sum yppur øksl: miðalljósur húðarlitur
Filipino	nagkikibit-balikat: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
Finnish	olkapäitään kohauttava henkilö: keskivaalea iho
Galician	xesto de "nin idea": ton de pel claro
Georgian	მხრების აჩეჩვა: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
Gujarati	બેદરકારી: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
Hausa	mutum ɗaga kafaɗa: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
Hindi (Latin)	shrug karta vyakti: medium-fair skin
Hungarian	vállrándítás: közepesen világos bőrtónus
Icelandic	yppir öxlum: meðalljós húðlitur
Igbo	onye ngosipụta nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
Irish	duine ag croitheadh a ghuaillí: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
Javanese	wong angangkat pundhak: kulit putih langsep
Kannada	ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುವುದು: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakh	білмегендік белгісі: 3-тері түрі
Kazakh (Arabic)	بىلمەگەندىك بەلگىسى: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
Khmer	ញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរសល្មម
Kinyarwanda	umuntu wazamuye intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
Konkani	खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय असो हावभाव करपी व्यक्ती: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyz	ийиндерин куушуруу: буудай жүздүү
Kʼicheʼ	Winaq man reta’m taj: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Lao	ຍັກໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
Latvian	rausta plecus: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
Ligurian	persoña ch’a strenze e spalle: carnaxon assæ ciæa
Lithuanian	gūžtelėjimas pečiais: vidutinio gymio
Lower Sorbian	z ramjenjoma sukotajuca wósoba: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
Luxembourgish	Persoun, déi d’Schëlleren hieft: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
Macedonian	кревање раменици: тип на кожа 3
Malay	angkat bahu: ton kulit sederhana cerah
Malayalam	തോൾ വെട്ടിക്കൽ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltese	persuna xxengel spallejha: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
Marathi	बेफिकीर: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
Mongolian	мөрөө хавчих: бага зэргийн цайвар
Māori	tangata hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
Nepali	वेवास्ता जनाउने: छालाको प्रकार-३
Nigerian Pidgin	Pẹ́sin Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
Northern Sotho	motho yo a emišitšego magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
Norwegian	trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 3
Norwegian Nynorsk	trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 3
Odia	ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromo	nama mataa raasu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
Pashto	شخص اوږی ښوروي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
Punjabi	ਉਚਕਾਉਣਾ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)	مُڈے اچکاندا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechua	runa rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: tunpa chuya qara niraq
Romanian	persoană care ridică din umeri: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
Romansh	persuna che auza las spatlas: pel mez clera
Scottish Gaelic	neach a’ druiteadh: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbian	слегање раменима: средње светла кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	слијегање раменима: средње свијетла кожа
Serbian (Latin)	sleganje ramenima: srednje svetla koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	slijeganje ramenima: srednje svijetla koža
Shan	ၵူၼ်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
Sindhi	شخص اچڪائيندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
Sinhala	උරහිස් සෙලවීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
Slovak	človek krčiaci plecami: stredne svetlý tón pleti
Slovenian	oseba, ki skomiga: srednje svetel ten kože
Somali	qof garba-ruxaya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
Swahili	ishara ya kutojali: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
Tajik	шахсе, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
Tamil	சந்தேகம்: வகை 3
Telugu	తెలీదని చెప్తున్న వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinya	ሰብ እናነቕነቐ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
Tongan	tokotaha fakamahiki: kili kelokelo
Tswana	motho yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
Turkmen	egnini gysýan adam: orta açyk deri reňki
Upper Sorbian	wosoba, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: srěnjoswětła barba kože
Urdu	کندھے اچکانا: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
Uyghur	قىسىلغان كىشى: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
Uzbek	bilmayman ishorasi: 3-teri turi
Welsh	codi gwar: arlliw croen canolig-golau
Wolof	nit ku aj mbaggam: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
Xhosa	umntu onyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
Yoruba	Ẹni N Gunpa: amọ́lára díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)	Ɛni N Gunpa: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
Zulu	shukuza amahlombe: uhlobo-3

Codes

Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FC
HTML: 🤷🏼
CSS: \1F937\1F3FC
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F937}\u{1F3FC}
Python: \U0001F937\U0001F3FC
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BC
UTF-16: D83E DD37 D83C DFFC
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BC

Questions

What does 🤷🏼 mean?

Pictures a person with raised shoulders and open palms in a shrug. It says "I don't know," "who knows" or "maybe," and shows indifference, a "whatever" attitude, or helplessness about a situation. 🤷🏼 shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🤷🏼 and 🤷?

🤷🏼 is the 🤷 person shrugging emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤷 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FC.

How do I type 🤷🏼?

Find 🤷 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person 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. In HTML you can write 🤷🏼

When was 🤷🏼 added?

It was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.