# 🤷🏻‍♂️ Man shrugging emoji: light skin tone

🤷🏻‍♂️ is the man shrugging emoji (🤷‍♂️) with light skin tone. It's 🤷‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤷🏻‍♂️
- Unicode name: man shrugging: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤷‍♂️ Man shrugging](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Other skin tones

- 🤷‍♂️ [Man shrugging](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-emoji.md)
- 🤷🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🤷🏻‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤷 [Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md) (U+1F937)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. 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 “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man shrugging”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre encogido de hombros: tono de piel claro | duda, encogerse, hombre encogido de hombros, hombros, indiferencia, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | homme qui hausse les épaules : peau claire | aucune idée, doute, haussement, haussement d’épaules, homme, homme qui hausse les épaules, ignorance, indifférence, pas moi, peau claire, personne, rien vu, sais pas |
| Deutsch (de) | schulterzuckender Mann: helle Hautfarbe | egal, gleichgültig, helle Hautfarbe, keine Ahnung, Mann, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che scrolla le spalle: carnagione chiara | alzare le spalle, boh, carnagione chiara, dubbio, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferenza, mani, non saprei, non so, persona, uomo che scrolla le spalle |
| Português (pt) | homem dando de ombros: pele clara | dar de ombros, dúvida, homem, homem dando de ombros, indiferença, menino, não sei, pele clara, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz |
| Nederlands (nl) | man die schouders ophaalt: lichte huidskleur | gebaar, geen idee, lichte huidskleur, man, man die schouders ophaalt, man haalt schouders op, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel |
| Svenska (sv) | man som rycker på axlarna: ljus hy | axelryckning, likgiltighet, ljus hy, man, man som rycker på axlarna, okunskap, tvivel, vet inte |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami: karnacja jasna | bezradność, karnacja jasna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna rozkładający ręce, mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion |
| Türkçe (tr) | omuz silken erkek: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, adam, belki, bilmem, erkek, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kişi, kuşku, omuz silken erkek, omuz silkme, sanırım, şüphe |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина пожимает плечами: очень светлый тон кожи | все, может, мужчина, очень светлый тон кожи, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що знизує плечима: світлий тон шкіри | байдуже, без поняття, все одно, не знаю, розгубленість, світлий тон шкіри, хтозна, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άγνοια, αγνοώ, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, άντρας, άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα εγώ, μπορεί, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, ώμοι |
| العربية (ar) | رجل لا يبالي: بشرة بلون فاتح | أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, بشرة بلون فاتح, ربما, رجل لا يبالي, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يهمني, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف |
| עברית (he) | גבר מושך בכתפיו: גוון עור בהיר | אולי, אין לי מושג, איש, גבר, גוון עור בהיר, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוח, לא יודע, מושך בכתפיים, נראה לי, ספק |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد: پوست سفید | احتمالا, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, پوست سفید, حالا هر چی, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, کی میدونه, مرد, مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد, مطمئن نبودن, ندانستن, نمی دونم, نمی‌دانم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कंधा उचकाता पुरुष: गोरी त्वचा | अज्ञान, आदमी, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता आदमी, कंधा उचकाता पुरुष, कंधे उचकाने की क्रिया, क्या पता, गोरी त्वचा, पुरुष, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हो सकता है |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অবিশ্বাস, আমি জানি না, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, ছেলে, ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, জানি না, পুরুষ, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয়, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria mengangkat bahu: warna kulit cerah | angkat, bahu, bisa jadi, entah, isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, masa bodo, mungkin, pria, pria mengangkat bahu, terserah, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông nhún vai: màu da sáng | chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, màu da sáng, nam, nghi ngờ, người đàn ông, người đàn ông nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, sự thờ ơ, vô minh |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีขาว | เฉยเมย, เดา, โทนผิวสีขาว, ผู้ชาย, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | お手上げする男: 薄い肌色 | 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, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자: 하얀 피부 | 글쎄, 남자, 누가 알겠어, 모르겠음, 몰라, 무관심, 무식, 무엇이든, 무지, 아마도, 어깨, 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자, 으쓱, 의심, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生耸肩: 较浅肤色 | 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, 较浅肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生聳肩：白皮膚 | 不在乎, 不知道, 可能, 大概, 應該, 我猜, 男, 男生聳肩, 白皮膚, 聳肩, 都好, 隨便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man skouerophaal: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): burrë që ngre supet: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ አለማወቅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող մարդ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা পুৰুষ: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkən kişi: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир яурынын һикертә: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatzen ari den gizona: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына паціскае плячыма: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac sliježe ramenima: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж свива рамене: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui hausse les épaules : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅男人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅男人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): home que arronsa les espatlles: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅男人：白皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын хулпуҫҫисене сиктерет: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac sliježe ramenima: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): muž krčící rameny: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand trækker på skuldrene: lys teint
- Estonian (et): õlgu kehitav mees: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): maður um yppur øksl: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nagkikibit-balikat: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava mies: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home facendo xesto de “nin idea”: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): კაცი მხრებს იჩეჩავს: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી પુરુષ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karta aadmi: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándító férfi: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður yppir öxlum: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egosi nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): fear ag croitheadh: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang angangkat pundhak: kulit putih
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): иығын көтеріп тұрған ер: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ەر: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo utigisa intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी दादलो: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийинин куушурган эркек: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi man q’alaj ta chi uwach: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍຫໍ່ໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis rausta plecus: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o strenze e spalle: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): abejojantis vyras: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajucy muski: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mann, deen d’Schëlleren hieft: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж и кревање раменици: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): lelaki mengangkat bahu: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്നയാൾ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel ixengel spallejh: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर पुरुष: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчиж буй эрэгтэй: цайвар
- Māori (mi): tāne hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): वेवास्ता जनाउने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o emiša magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): mann som trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mann som trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ କାନ୍ଧ ହଲାଉଛନ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira mataa raasu: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): سړی اوږی ښوروي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مونڈھے اچکاندا بندہ: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care ridică din umeri: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che auza las spatlas: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ druiteadh: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац слеже раменима: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац слијеже раменима: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac sleže ramenima: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac sliježe ramenima: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد اچڪائيندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සොලවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): muž krčiaci plecami: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki skomiga z rameni: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin garba-ruxaya: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayeashiria kutojali: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் ஆண்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ እናነቕነቐ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tangata fakamahiki: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan erkek: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان ئەر: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): erkak yelka qismoqda: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn codi gwar: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): góor aj mbagg: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): indoda enyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): ukushukuza amahlombe kowesilisa: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤷🏻‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F937\1F3FB\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F937}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F937\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD37 D83C DFFB 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BB%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🤷🏻‍♂️ 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. 🤷🏻‍♂️ shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤷🏻‍♂️ and 🤷‍♂️?

🤷🏻‍♂️ is the 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging emoji with light skin tone. It's 🤷‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🤷🏻‍♂️?

Find 🤷‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose 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+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷🏻‍♂️

### When was 🤷🏻‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-light-skin-tone-emoji