# 🤷🏼 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.

- Emoji: 🤷🏼
- Unicode name: person shrugging: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FC
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤷 Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji

## 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.

## Other skin tones

- 🤷 [Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md)
- 🤷🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FB
- 🤷🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FD
- 🤷🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FE
- 🤷🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

🤷🏼 is 2 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)

## 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 (es) | persona encogida de hombros: tono de piel claro medio | duda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, persona encogida de hombros, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | 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 (de) | schulterzuckende Person: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Person, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | 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 (pt) | 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 (nl) | 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 (sv) | person som rycker på axlarna: mellanljus hy | axelryckning, likgiltighet, mellanljus hy, okunskap, person som rycker på axlarna, tvivel |
| Polski (pl) | 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 (tr) | 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 (ru) | человек пожимает плечами: светлый тон кожи | все, может, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, светлый тон кожи, сомнение, человек |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що знизує плечима: помірно світлий тон шкіри | байдуже, байдужість, знизування, мабуть, не знаю, невідомо, помірно світлий тон шкіри, розгубленість, сумнів, хтозна |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβολία, ανασήκωμα ώμων, άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος |
| العربية (ar) | 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 (he) | 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 (fa) | 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 (hi) | 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 (bn) | 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 (id) | 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 (vi) | 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 (th) | ยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | ช่างเถอะ, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ไม่แคร์, ไม่รู้, ไม่สน, ยักไหล่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 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） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 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 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon skouerophaal: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): onipa repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): ngritje supesh: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ንቆ መተው: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող անձ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkmək: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): кеше яурынын һикертә: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatu: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): паціскае плячыма: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): slijeganje ramenima: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): свиване на рамене: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်သည် − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui hausse les épaules : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona que arronsa les espatlles: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅人：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын хулпуҫҫийӗсене сиктерет: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): slijeganje ramenima: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba krčící rameny: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): trækker på skuldrene: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): õlakehitus: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum yppur øksl: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): nagkikibit-balikat: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava henkilö: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): xesto de "nin idea": ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): მხრების აჩეჩვა: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum ɗaga kafaɗa: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karta vyakti: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándítás: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): yppir öxlum: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye ngosipụta nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine ag croitheadh a ghuaillí: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong angangkat pundhak: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುವುದು: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): білмегендік белгісі: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بىلمەگەندىك بەلگىسى: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): ញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wazamuye intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय असो हावभाव करपी व्यक्ती: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийиндерин куушуруу: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq man reta’m taj: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຍັກໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): rausta plecus: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a strenze e spalle: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): gūžtelėjimas pečiais: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajuca wósoba: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Persoun, déi d’Schëlleren hieft: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): кревање раменици: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): angkat bahu: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾ വെട്ടിക്കൽ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna xxengel spallejha: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчих: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tangata hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): वेवास्ता जनाउने: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a emišitšego magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama mataa raasu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): شخص اوږی ښوروي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਉਚਕਾਉਣਾ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مُڈے اچکاندا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care ridică din umeri: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che auza las spatlas: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ druiteadh: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): слегање раменима: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): слијегање раменима: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sleganje ramenima: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): slijeganje ramenima: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص اچڪائيندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සෙලවීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): človek krčiaci plecami: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba, ki skomiga: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof garba-ruxaya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya kutojali: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சந்தேகம்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): తెలీదని చెప్తున్న వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ እናነቕነቐ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fakamahiki: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan adam: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکانا: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان كىشى: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): bilmayman ishorasi: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): codi gwar: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): nit ku aj mbaggam: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): umntu onyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Gunpa: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Gunpa: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): shukuza amahlombe: uhlobo-3

## Codes

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

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