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🤷🏽U+1F937 U+1F3FD

Person shrugging emoji: medium skin tone

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

Unicode name
person shrugging: medium skin tone
Category
People & body, Gestures
Added
Emoji 3.0 in 2016
Code points
U+1F937 U+1F3FD
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

🤷🏽
Your device
Person shrugging emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Person shrugging emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Person shrugging emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in OpenMoji by OpenMoji, the open-source emoji and icon project
OpenMoji

Other skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

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

  1. 🤷Person shruggingU+1F937
  2. 🏽Medium skin toneU+1F3FD

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 skin tone.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “person shrugging”, then pick medium skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpersona encogida de hombros: tono de piel medioduda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, persona encogida de hombros, tono de piel medio
Françaispersonne qui hausse les épaules : peau légèrement mateaucune idée, c’est comme ça, doute, femme qui hausse les épaules, haussement d’épaules, ignorance, indifférence, je ne sais pas, peau légèrement mate, personne, personne qui hausse les épaules, peut-être, que faire, qui sait
Deutschschulterzuckende Person: mittlere Hautfarbeegal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, mittlere Hautfarbe, Person, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel
Italianopersona che scrolla le spalle: carnagione olivastraboh, carnagione olivastra, dubbio, forse, indifferenza, non lo so, non saprei, noncuranza, persona che alza le spalle, persona che scrolla le spalle, può darsi, spalle alzate, vabbè
Portuguêspessoa dando de ombros: pele morenadar de ombros, dúvida, ignorância, indiferença, não sei, ombros, pele morena, pessoa, pessoa dando de ombros, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz
Nederlandspersoon die schouders ophaalt: getinte huidskleurgebaar, getinte huidskleur, idk, ik weet het niet, misschien, onverschilligheid, onwetend, onwetendheid, persoon die schouders ophaalt, schouderophalen, twijfel
Svenskaperson som rycker på axlarna: mellanfärgad hyaxelryckning, likgiltighet, mellanfärgad hy, okunskap, person som rycker på axlarna, tvivel
Polskiosoba wzruszająca ramionami: karnacja średniabezradność, karnacja średnia, nie wiem, obojętność, osoba, osoba rozkładająca ręce, osoba wzruszająca ramionami, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion
Türkçeomuz silkme: orta cilt tonubilemem, bilmem, bilmeme, bilmiyorum, ilgisizlik, kararsız, kişi, ne bileyim, ne yapalım, omuz silkme, orta cilt tonu, sanırım, vücut
Русскийчеловек пожимает плечами: средний тон коживсе, может, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение, средний тон кожи, человек
Українськалюдина, що знизує плечима: помірний тон шкірибайдуже, байдужість, знизування, мабуть, не знаю, невідомо, помірний тон шкіри, розгубленість, сумнів, хтозна
Ελληνικάάτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματοςάγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβολία, ανασήκωμα ώμων, άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος
العربيةلا مبالاة: بشرة بلون معتدلأشخاص, أيًا كان, احتمال, بشرة بلون معتدل, جهل, ربما, شك, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يوجد فرق, من يدري, هزة الكتف
עבריתמישהי מושכת בכתפיה: גוון עור בינוניאדישה, אולי, אין לי מושג, אני מנחשת, גוון עור בינוני, לא יודעת, לא משנה, תעזבו אותי
فارسیشانه بالا انداختن: پوست طلاییبدن, به من چه, پوست طلایی, حالا هرچی, زن, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, شک داشتن, کی میدونه, ندانستن, نمی‌دانم
हिन्दीकंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति: गेहुँआ त्वचाअज्ञान, उचकाना, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति, कंधे उचकाना, गेहुँआ त्वचा, पता नहीं, मुझे क्या पता, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हो सकता है
বাংলাঠিক জানি না: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙঅজ্ঞান, অনিশ্চয়তা, অনিশ্চিত, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ নাড়িয়ে উত্তরল দেওয়া, ঠিক জানি না, দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, যাই হোক, সম্ভবত, সংশয়, হয়তো
Bahasa Indonesiaorang mengangkat bahu: warna kulit sedangangkat bahu, bingung, bisa jadi, entah, masa bodo, nggak tahu, orang mengangkat bahu, siapa tahu, tau deh, terserah, tidak tahu, wanita mengangkat bahu, warna kulit sedang
Tiếng Việtngười nhún vai: màu da trung bìnhai mà biết được, có thể, hững hờ, không biết, màu da trung bình, nghi ngờ, người nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, thờ ơ
ไทยยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีเหลืองช่างเถอะ, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, ไม่แคร์, ไม่รู้, ไม่สน, ยักไหล่
日本語お手上げする人: 中間の肌色お手上げ, お手上げする人, さあね, ジェスチャー, わかりません, 中間の肌色, 人, 多分ね, 知らない, 肩をすくめる
한국어어깨를 으쓱하는 사람: 갈색 피부갈색 피부, 글쎄, 무관심, 무슨 상관이야, 무시, 무식, 무지, 상관없어, 아마도, 어깨 으쓱, 어깨를 으쓱하는 사람, 으쓱, 잘 모르겠음
中文(简体)耸肩: 中等肤色不关心, 不知道, 中等肤色, 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:淺褐皮膚不知道, 不關心, 懷疑, 我猜, 攤手, 淺褐皮膚, 聳, 聳肩, 肩, 說不定, 隨便
Names in 101 more languages
Afrikaanspersoon skouerophaal: medium velkleur
Akanonipa repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
Albanianngritje supesh: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
Amharicንቆ መተው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
Armenianուսերը թոթվող անձ․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
Assameseসঠিক নজনা ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijaniçiynini çəkmək: orta dəri tonu
Bashkirкеше яурынын һикертә: уртаса тән төҫө
Basquesorbaldak altxatu: bitarteko azal-tonua
Belarusianпаціскае плячыма: сярэдні тон скуры
Bosnianslijeganje ramenima: umjerena boja kože
Bulgarianсвиване на рамене: средна на цвят кожа
Burmeseပခုံးတွန့်သည် − အသားလတ်ရောင်
Canadian Frenchpersonne qui hausse les épaules : peau légèrement mate
Cantonese聳肩嘅人: 中膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)耸肩嘅人: 中肤色
Catalanpersona que arronsa les espatlles: pell morena
CherokeeᏴᏫ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)聳肩嘅人:中等皮膚
Chuvashҫын хулпуҫҫийӗсене сиктерет: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
Croatianslijeganje ramenima: maslinasta boja kože
Czechosoba krčící rameny: střední odstín pleti
Danishtrækker på skuldrene: medium teint
Estonianõlakehitus: keskmine nahatoon
European Portuguesepessoa a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 4
Faroesepersónur sum yppur øksl: miðal húðarlitur
Filipinonagkikibit-balikat: katamtamang kulay ng balat
Finnisholkapäitään kohauttava henkilö: tummanvaalea iho
Galicianxesto de "nin idea": ton de pel medio
Georgianმხრების აჩეჩვა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
Gujaratiબેદરકારી: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausamutum ɗaga kafaɗa: madaidaicin launin fata
Hindi (Latin)shrug karta vyakti: medium skin
Hungarianvállrándítás: közepes bőrtónus
Icelandicyppir öxlum: millihúðlitur
Igboonye ngosipụta nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
Irishduine ag croitheadh a ghuaillí: ton cnis meánach
Javanesewong angangkat pundhak: kulit kuning
Kannadaಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುವುದು: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhбілмегендік белгісі: 4-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)بىلمەگەندىك بەلگىسى: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរស្រអែម
Kinyarwandaumuntu wazamuye intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
Konkaniखांद उबारून आपूण न्हय असो हावभाव करपी व्यक्ती: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzийиндерин куушуруу: орточо
KʼicheʼWinaq man reta’m taj: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoຍັກໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
Latvianrausta plecus: vidējs ādas tonis
Ligurianpersoña ch’a strenze e spalle: carnaxon cô d’öiva
Lithuaniangūžtelėjimas pečiais: rusvos odos
Lower Sorbianz ramjenjoma sukotajuca wósoba: wósrědna barwa kóže
LuxembourgishPersoun, déi d’Schëlleren hieft: mëttel Hautfaarf
Macedonianкревање раменици: тип на кожа 4
Malayangkat bahu: ton kulit sederhana
Malayalamതോൾ വെട്ടിക്കൽ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
Maltesepersuna xxengel spallejha: ton medju tal-ġilda
Marathiबेफिकीर: मध्यम त्वचा
Mongolianмөрөө хавчих: дунд зэргийн
Māoritangata hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua waenga
Nepaliवेवास्ता जनाउने: छालाको प्रकार-४
Nigerian PidginPẹ́sin Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
Northern Sothomotho yo a emišitšego magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
Norwegiantrekker på skuldrene: hudtype 4
Norwegian Nynorsktrekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 4
Odiaବ୍ୟକ୍ତି କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromonama mataa raasu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
Pashtoشخص اوږی ښوروي: غنم رنګه
Punjabiਉਚਕਾਉਣਾ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)مُڈے اچکاندا بندہ: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuaruna rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: tunpa qara niraq
Romanianpersoană care ridică din umeri: ton mediu al pielii
Romanshpersuna che auza las spatlas: pel media
Scottish Gaelicneach a’ druiteadh: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
Serbianслегање раменима: ни светла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)слијегање раменима: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)sleganje ramenima: ni svetla ni tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)slijeganje ramenima: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
Shanၵူၼ်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
Sindhiشخص اچڪائيندي: پڪو رنگ
Sinhalaඋරහිස් සෙලවීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
Slovakčlovek krčiaci plecami: stredný tón pleti
Slovenianoseba, ki skomiga: srednji ten kože
Somaliqof garba-ruxaya: jidh nooc dhexe
Swahiliishara ya kutojali: ngozi ya kahawia
Tajikшахсе, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги миёнаи пӯст
Tamilசந்தேகம்: வகை 4
Teluguతెలీదని చెప్తున్న వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaሰብ እናነቕነቐ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
Tongantokotaha fakamahiki: kili melomelo
Tswanamotho yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
Turkmenegnini gysýan adam: orta deri reňki
Upper Sorbianwosoba, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: srěnja barba kože
Urduکندھے اچکانا: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
Uyghurقىسىلغان كىشى: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
Uzbekbilmayman ishorasi: 4-teri turi
Welshcodi gwar: arlliw croen canolog
Wolofnit ku aj mbaggam: xeesaayu der bu yam
Xhosaumntu onyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
YorubaẸni N Gunpa: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)Ɛni N Gunpa: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
Zulushukuza amahlombe: uhlobo-4

Codes

Code points
U+1F937 U+1F3FD
HTML
🤷🏽
CSS
\1F937\1F3FD
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F937}\u{1F3FD}
Python
\U0001F937\U0001F3FD
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BD
UTF-16
D83E DD37 D83C DFFD
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BD

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 skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🤷🏽 and 🤷?

🤷🏽 is the 🤷 person shrugging emoji with medium skin tone. It's 🤷 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FD.

How do I type 🤷🏽?

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

When was 🤷🏽 added?

It was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.