# 🤷‍♀️ Woman shrugging emoji

🤷‍♀️ Woman shrugging is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance and indifference.

- Emoji: 🤷‍♀️
- Unicode name: woman shrugging
- Code points: U+1F937 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :woman_shrugging:
- Keywords: doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance, indifference, knows, maybe, shrug, shrugging, whatever, who, woman
- Page: https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-emoji

## What it means

Features a woman shrugging with her palms turned up. It is handy for saying "I don't know" or "who knows," for expressing indifference or a "so what" attitude, and for admitting you have no answer.

## Skin tones

- 🤷🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏾‍♀️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🤷‍♀️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤷 [Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md) (U+1F937)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
4. 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 “woman shrugging”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “woman shrugging”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “woman shrugging”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “woman shrugging”.
- GitHub: Type :woman_shrugging: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mujer encogida de hombros | duda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, mujer encogida de hombros |
| Français (fr) | femme qui hausse les épaules | aucune idée, doute, femme, femme qui hausse les épaules, haussement, haussement d’épaules, ignorance, indifférence, je sais pas, pas moi, personne, rien vu |
| Deutsch (de) | schulterzuckende Frau | egal, Frau, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | donna che scrolla le spalle | alzare le spalle, boh, donna che scrolla le spalle, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferente, indifferenza, mani, non lo so, non so, persona |
| Português (pt) | mulher dando de ombros | dar de ombros, dúvida, garota, indiferença, menina, mulher, mulher dando de ombros, não sei, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz |
| Nederlands (nl) | vrouw die schouders ophaalt | gebaar, geen idee, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel, vrouw, vrouw die schouders ophaalt, weet niet |
| Svenska (sv) | kvinna som rycker på axlarna | axelryckning, kvinna, kvinna som rycker på axlarna, likgiltighet, okunskap, tvivel |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta wzruszająca ramionami | bezradność, kobieta, kobieta rozkładająca ręce, kobieta wzruszająca ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion |
| Türkçe (tr) | omuz silken kadın | belki, bilmem, cahillik, cehalet, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kadın, kişi, kuşku, sanırım, şüphe |
| Русский (ru) | женщина пожимает плечами | все, женщина, может, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение |
| Українська (uk) | жінка, що знизує плечима | байдуже, без поняття, все одно, жінка, не знаю, розгубленість, хтозна |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα σηκώνει τους ώμους | άγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, γυναίκα, γυναίκα σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, ώμοι |
| العربية (ar) | سيدة لا تبالي | أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, امرأة, ربما, سيدة لا تبالي, شك, لا أعلم, لا مبالاة, لا يهم, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف |
| עברית (he) | אישה מושכת בכתפיה | אין לי מושג, אישה, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוחה, לא יודעת, לא משנה לי, מושכת בכתפיים, ספק |
| فارسی (fa) | زن شانه بالا می‌اندازد | آدم, احتمالا, بدن, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, حالا هر چی, زن, زن شانه بالا می‌اندازد, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, مطمئن نبودن, ندانستن, نمی دانم, نمی‌دانم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | महिला का कंधा उचकाना | अज्ञान, उदासीनता, कंधे उचकाती महिला, पता नहीं, महिला, महिला का कंधा उचकाना, मुझे क्या पता, शायद, संदेह, हिलाना, हो सकता है |
| বাংলা (bn) | মেয়েদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো | অজ্ঞতা, অবিশ্বাস, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, ব্যক্তি, মহিলা, মেয়ে, মেয়েদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয় |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wanita mengangkat bahu | angkat, bahu, entah, isyarat, masa bodo, mungkin, perempuan, terserah, tidak tahu, wanita, wanita mengangkat bahu |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người phụ nữ nhún vai | chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, nghi ngờ, người phụ nữ nhún vai, nhún vai, nữ, phụ nữ, sao cũng được, sự thờ ơ, vô minh |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้หญิงยักไหล่ | เฉยเมย, เดา, ผู้หญิง, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | お手上げする女 | お手上げ, お手上げする女, さあね, ジェスチャー, わかりません, 多分ね, 女, 女性, 知らない, 肩をすくめる |
| 한국어 (ko) | 어깨를 으쓱하는 여자 | 글쎄, 누가 알겠어, 모르겠음, 몰라, 무관심, 무식, 무엇이든, 무지, 아마도, 어깨, 어깨를 으쓱하는 여자, 여자, 으쓱, 의심 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 女生耸肩 | 不关心, 不知道, 天晓得, 女, 女子耸肩, 女生耸肩, 怀疑, 我哪知, 我猜的, 无所谓, 无视, 耸肩 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 女生聳肩 | 不在乎, 不知道, 可能, 大概, 女生聳肩, 應該, 我猜, 聳肩, 都好, 隨便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vrou skouerophaal
- Akan (ak): ɔbaa repagya ne mmati
- Albanian (sq): grua që ngre supet
- Amharic (am): ሴት አለማወቅ
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող կին
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা মহিলা
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkən qadın
- Bashkir (ba): ҡатын яурынын һикертә
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatzen ari den emakumea
- Belarusian (be): жанчына паціскае плячыма
- Bosnian (bs): žena sliježe ramenima
- Breton (br): placʼh o hejañ he divskoaz
- Bulgarian (bg): жена свива рамене
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသမီး
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅女人
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅女人
- Catalan (ca): dona que arronsa les espatlles
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅女人
- Chuvash (cv): хӗрарӑм хулпуҫҫисене сиктеркелет
- Croatian (hr): žena sliježe ramenima
- Czech (cs): žena krčící rameny
- Danish (da): kvinde trækker på skuldrene
- Estonian (et): õlgu kehitav naine
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mulher a encolher os ombros
- Faroese (fo): kvinna um yppur øksl
- Filipino (fil): babaeng nagkikibit-balikat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava nainen
- Galician (gl): muller facendo xesto de “nin idea”
- Georgian (ka): ქალი მხრებს იჩეჩავს
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી સ્ત્રી
- Hausa (ha): mace ɗagawa kafaɗa
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karti mahila
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándító nő
- Icelandic (is): kona yppir öxlum
- Igbo (ig): nwanyị na-egosi nhatanha aka
- Irish (ga): bean ag croitheadh
- Javanese (jv): wong wadon ngangkat pundhak
- Kalaallisut (kl): kvinde trækker på skuldrene
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ
- Kazakh (kk): иығын көтеріп тұрған әйел
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ايەل
- Khmer (km): នារីញាក់ស្មា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugore utigisa intugu
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी बायल
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийинин куушурган аял
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): ixoq man q’alaj ta chi uwach
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຍິງຫໍ່ໄຫລ່
- Latvian (lv): sieviete rausta plecus
- Ligurian (lij): dònna ch’a strenze e spalle
- Lithuanian (lt): abejojanti moteris
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajuca žeńska
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fra, déi d’Schëlleren hieft
- Macedonian (mk): жена и кревање раменици
- Malay (ms): perempuan mengangkat bahu
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ
- Maltese (mt): mara xxengel spallejha
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर महिला
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчиж буй эмэгтэй
- Māori (mi): wahine hiki-pakihiwi
- Nepali (ne): वेेवास्ता जनाउने छोरीमान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda
- Northern Sotho (nso): mosadi o emiša magetla
- Norwegian (no): kvinne som trekker på skuldrene
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): kvinne som trekkjer på skuldrene
- Odia (or): ମହିଳା କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): dubartii mataa raastu
- Pashto (ps): ښځه اوږی ښوروي
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مونڈھے اچکاندی زنانی
- Quechua (qu): warmi rikrakunayuq hatarichiy
- Romanian (ro): femeie care ridică din umeri
- Romansh (rm): dunna che auza las spatlas
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): boireannach a’ druiteadh
- Serbian (sr): жена слеже раменима
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): жена слијеже раменима
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): žena sleže ramenima
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): žena sliježe ramenima
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈယိင်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): عورت اچڪائيندي
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සොලවන කාන්තාව
- Slovak (sk): žena krčiaca plecami
- Slovenian (sl): ženska, ki skomiga z rameni
- Somali (so): naag garba-ruxaysa
- Swahili (sw): mwanamke anayeashiria kutojali
- Tajik (tg): зане, ки китф афшонда истодааст
- Tamil (ta): தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் பெண்
- Telugu (te): తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న స్త్రీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰበይቲ እናነቕነቐት
- Tongan (to): fefine fakamahiki
- Tswana (tn): mosadi yo o tsholetsang magetla
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan zenan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žona, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکاتی ہوئی عورت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان ئايال
- Uzbek (uz): ayol yelka qismoqda
- Welsh (cy): menyw yn codi gwar
- Wolof (wo): jigéen aj mbagg
- Xhosa (xh): ibhinqa elinyikinya amagxa
- Yoruba (yo): obìǹrin tí ń gúnpa
- Zulu (zu): ukushukuza amahlombe kowesimame

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F937 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤷‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F937\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F937}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F937\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B7 E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD37 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B7%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤷‍♀️ woman shrugging emoji mean?

Features a woman shrugging with her palms turned up. It is handy for saying "I don't know" or "who knows," for expressing indifference or a "so what" attitude, and for admitting you have no answer.

### How do I type the 🤷‍♀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “woman shrugging”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :woman_shrugging:.

### When was the 🤷‍♀️ emoji added?

🤷‍♀️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🤷‍♀️?

U+1F937 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷‍♀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F937}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}.

### Does 🤷‍♀️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🤷🏻‍♀️ light, 🤷🏼‍♀️ medium-light, 🤷🏽‍♀️ medium, 🤷🏾‍♀️ medium-dark and 🤷🏿‍♀️ dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-emoji