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man shrugging

A man with raised shoulders and upturned palms, representing a shrug

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Code points
U+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
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Meaning

A man with raised shoulders and upturned palms, representing a shrug. It commonly conveys not knowing, uncertainty, or lack of an answer, often standing in for "I don't know" or "no idea." It can also express indifference, resignation, or a casual "whatever" when something seems out of one's control. The tone is usually light rather than hostile. Usage varies: it may signal genuine ignorance or a deliberate refusal to engage, so intent depends on context. Sometimes paired with other text to soften or deflect a question.

Man shrugging — Approved as part of Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

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Emoji names around the world

English: man shruggingالعربية رجل لا يباليespañol hombre encogido de hombrosportuguês homem dando de ombrosहिन्दी कंधा उचकाता पुरुषIndonesia pria mengangkat bahu

Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Unicode name
man shrugging
Category
People & BodyPeople gesturing
Unicode
9.0 · 2016Emoji 4.0
Keywords
doubtdunnoguessidkignoranceindifferenceknowsmanmaybeshrugshruggingwhateverwhoemoji

Developer

ZWJ sequenceemoji presentation requested via VS16 (U+FE0F)
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Unicode nameman shrugging
UTF-8F0 9F A4 B7 E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):man_shrugging:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🤷‍♂️
HTML (decimal)🤷‍♂️
CSS\1F937 \200D \2642 \FE0F
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F937}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python\U0001F937\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
Perl\x{1F937}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F937}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Encodings
Punycodexn--1ug66vku9rb78h
URL escape code%F0%9F%A4%B7%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Frequently asked

What does 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging mean?

A man with raised shoulders and upturned palms, representing a shrug. It commonly conveys not knowing, uncertainty, or lack of an answer, often standing in for "I don't know" or "no idea." It can also express indifference, resignation, or a casual "whatever" when something seems out of one's control. The tone is usually light rather than hostile. Usage varies: it may signal genuine ignorance or a deliberate refusal to engage, so intent depends on context. Sometimes paired with other text to soften or deflect a question.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging?

U+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F (Unicode 9.0, 2016) · :man_shrugging:

Which emojis are related to 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging?

🙍 person frowning, 🙍🏻 person frowning: light skin tone, 🙍🏼 person frowning: medium-light skin tone, 🙍🏽 person frowning: medium skin tone, 🙍🏾 person frowning: medium-dark skin tone, 🙍🏿 person frowning: dark skin tone, 🙍‍♂️ man frowning, 🙍🏻‍♂️ man frowning: light skin tone

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