🤷‍♂️U+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Man shrugging emoji

Q: When was the 🤷♂️ emoji added?

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

Q: What is the Unicode code point for 🤷♂️?

U+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F937}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Q: Does 🤷♂️ come in different skin tones?

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

A man lifting his shoulders and spreading his hands in a shrug. Senders pick it to say "I have no idea," "could be" or "what can you do," and to show indifference or uncertainty.

Unicode name: man shrugging
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 4.0 in 2016
Code points: U+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Shortcode: :man_shrugging:
Keywords: doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance, indifference, knows, man, maybe, shrug, shrugging, whatever, who

How it looks

🤷‍♂️

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What it's made of

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

🤷Person shruggingU+1F937
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
♂️Male signU+2642 U+FE0F
Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+FE0F

How to type 🤷‍♂️

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man shrugging”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man shrugging”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man shrugging”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man shrugging”.
GitHub: Type :man_shrugging: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	hombre encogido de hombros	duda, encogerse, hombre encogido de hombros, hombros, indiferencia
Français	homme qui hausse les épaules	aucune idée, doute, haussement, haussement d’épaules, homme, homme qui hausse les épaules, ignorance, indifférence, pas moi, personne, rien vu, sais pas
Deutsch	schulterzuckender Mann	egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Mann, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel
Italiano	uomo che scrolla le spalle	alzare le spalle, boh, dubbio, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferenza, mani, non saprei, non so, persona, uomo che scrolla le spalle
Português	homem dando de ombros	dar de ombros, dúvida, homem, homem dando de ombros, indiferença, menino, não sei, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz
Nederlands	man die schouders ophaalt	gebaar, geen idee, man, man die schouders ophaalt, man haalt schouders op, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel
Svenska	man som rycker på axlarna	axelryckning, likgiltighet, man, man som rycker på axlarna, okunskap, tvivel, vet inte
Polski	mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami	bezradność, mężczyzna, mężczyzna rozkładający ręce, mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion
Türkçe	omuz silken erkek	adam, belki, bilmem, erkek, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kişi, kuşku, omuz silken erkek, omuz silkme, sanırım, şüphe
Русский	мужчина пожимает плечами	все, может, мужчина, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение
Українська	чоловік, що знизує плечима	байдуже, без поняття, все одно, не знаю, розгубленість, хтозна, чоловік
Ελληνικά	άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους	άγνοια, αγνοώ, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, άντρας, άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα εγώ, μπορεί, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, ώμοι
العربية	رجل لا يبالي	أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, ربما, رجل لا يبالي, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يهمني, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف
עברית	גבר מושך בכתפיו	אולי, אין לי מושג, איש, גבר, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוח, לא יודע, מושך בכתפיים, נראה לי, ספק
فارسی	مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد	احتمالا, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, حالا هر چی, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, کی میدونه, مرد, مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد, مطمئن نبودن, ندانستن, نمی دونم, نمی‌دانم
हिन्दी	कंधा उचकाता पुरुष	अज्ञान, आदमी, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता आदमी, कंधा उचकाता पुरुष, कंधे उचकाने की क्रिया, क्या पता, पुरुष, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हो सकता है
বাংলা	ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো	অবিশ্বাস, আমি জানি না, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, ছেলে, ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, জানি না, পুরুষ, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয়
Bahasa Indonesia	pria mengangkat bahu	angkat, bahu, bisa jadi, entah, isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, masa bodo, mungkin, pria, pria mengangkat bahu, terserah
Tiếng Việt	người đàn ông nhún vai	chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, nam, nghi ngờ, người đàn ông, người đàn ông nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, sự thờ ơ, vô minh
ไทย	ผู้ชายยักไหล่	เฉยเมย, เดา, ผู้ชาย, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ
日本語	お手上げする男	お手上げ, お手上げする男, さあね, ジェスチャー, わかりません, 多分ね, 男, 男性, 知らない, 肩をすくめる
한국어	어깨를 으쓱하는 남자	글쎄, 남자, 누가 알겠어, 모르겠음, 몰라, 무관심, 무식, 무엇이든, 무지, 아마도, 어깨, 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자, 으쓱, 의심
中文（简体）	男生耸肩	不关心, 不知道, 天晓得, 怀疑, 我哪知, 我猜的, 无所谓, 无视, 男, 男子耸肩, 男生耸肩, 耸肩
中文（繁體）	男生聳肩	不在乎, 不知道, 可能, 大概, 應該, 我猜, 男, 男生聳肩, 聳肩, 都好, 隨便

Names in 102 more languages

Afrikaans	man skouerophaal
Akan	barima repagya ne mmati
Albanian	burrë që ngre supet
Amharic	ወንድ አለማወቅ
Armenian	ուսերը թոթվող մարդ
Assamese	সঠিক নজনা পুৰুষ
Azerbaijani	çiynini çəkən kişi
Bashkir	ир яурынын һикертә
Basque	sorbaldak altxatzen ari den gizona
Belarusian	мужчына паціскае плячыма
Bosnian	muškarac sliježe ramenima
Breton	paotr o hejañ e zivskoaz
Bulgarian	мъж свива рамене
Burmese	ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား
Cantonese	聳肩嘅男人
Cantonese (Simplified)	耸肩嘅男人
Catalan	home que arronsa les espatlles
Cherokee	ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	聳肩嘅男人
Chuvash	арҫын хулпуҫҫисене сиктерет
Croatian	muškarac sliježe ramenima
Czech	muž krčící rameny
Danish	mand trækker på skuldrene
Estonian	õlgu kehitav mees
European Portuguese	homem a encolher os ombros
Faroese	maður um yppur øksl
Filipino	lalaking nagkikibit-balikat
Finnish	olkapäitään kohauttava mies
Galician	home facendo xesto de “nin idea”
Georgian	კაცი მხრებს იჩეჩავს
Gujarati	બેદરકારી પુરુષ
Hausa	mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa
Hindi (Latin)	shrug karta aadmi
Hungarian	vállrándító férfi
Icelandic	maður yppir öxlum
Igbo	nwoke na-egosi nhatanha aka
Irish	fear ag croitheadh
Javanese	wong lanang angangkat pundhak
Kalaallisut	mand trækker på skuldrene
Kannada	ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ
Kazakh	иығын көтеріп тұрған ер
Kazakh (Arabic)	يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ەر
Khmer	បុរសញាក់ស្មា
Kinyarwanda	umugabo utigisa intugu
Konkani	खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी दादलो
Kyrgyz	ийинин куушурган эркек
Kʼicheʼ	achi man q’alaj ta chi uwach
Lao	ຜູ້ຊາຍຫໍ່ໄຫລ່
Latvian	vīrietis rausta plecus
Ligurian	òmmo ch’o strenze e spalle
Lithuanian	abejojantis vyras
Lower Sorbian	z ramjenjoma sukotajucy muski
Luxembourgish	Mann, deen d’Schëlleren hieft
Macedonian	маж и кревање раменици
Malay	lelaki mengangkat bahu
Malayalam	തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്നയാൾ
Maltese	raġel ixengel spallejh
Marathi	बेफिकीर पुरुष
Mongolian	мөрөө хавчиж буй эрэгтэй
Māori	tāne hiki-pakihiwi
Nepali	वेवास्ता जनाउने छोरामान्छे
Nigerian Pidgin	Man Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda
Northern Sotho	monna o emiša magetla
Norwegian	mann som trekker på skuldrene
Norwegian Nynorsk	mann som trekkjer på skuldrene
Odia	ପୁରୁଷ କାନ୍ଧ ହଲାଉଛନ୍ତି
Oromo	dhiira mataa raasu
Pashto	سړی اوږی ښوروي
Punjabi	ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
Punjabi (Arabic)	مونڈھے اچکاندا بندہ
Quechua	tata rikrakunayuq hatarichiy
Romanian	bărbat care ridică din umeri
Romansh	um che auza las spatlas
Scottish Gaelic	duine a’ druiteadh
Serbian	мушкарац слеже раменима
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	мушкарац слијеже раменима
Serbian (Latin)	muškarac sleže ramenima
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	muškarac sliježe ramenima
Shan	ၽူႈၸၢႆးယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ
Sindhi	مرد اچڪائيندي
Sinhala	උරහිස් සොලවන මිනිසා
Slovak	muž krčiaci plecami
Slovenian	moški, ki skomiga z rameni
Somali	nin garba-ruxaya
Swahili	mwanamume anayeashiria kutojali
Tajik	марде, ки китф афшонда истодааст
Tamil	தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் ஆண்
Telugu	తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు
Tigrinya	ሰብኣይ እናነቕነቐ
Tongan	tangata fakamahiki
Tswana	monna yo o tsholetsang magetla
Turkmen	egnini gysýan erkek
Upper Sorbian	muž, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje
Urdu	کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد
Uyghur	قىسىلغان ئەر
Uzbek	erkak yelka qismoqda
Welsh	dyn yn codi gwar
Wolof	góor aj mbagg
Xhosa	indoda enyikinya amagxa
Yoruba	ọkùnrin tí ń gúnpá
Yoruba (Benin)	ɔkùnrin tí ń gúnpá
Zulu	ukushukuza amahlombe kowesilisa

Codes

Code points: U+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML: 🤷‍♂️
CSS: \1F937\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F937}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python: \U0001F937\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A4 B7 E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: D83E DD37 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A4%B7%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging emoji mean?

A man lifting his shoulders and spreading his hands in a shrug. Senders pick it to say "I have no idea," "could be" or "what can you do," and to show indifference or uncertainty.

How do I type the 🤷‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man 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 :man_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+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F937}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Does 🤷‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

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