🤷🏾‍♂️U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Man shrugging emoji: medium-dark skin tone

Q: What is the difference between 🤷🏾♂️ and 🤷♂️?

🤷🏾♂️ is the 🤷♂️ man shrugging emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🤷♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

Q: How do I type 🤷🏾♂️?

Find 🤷♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

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

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Unicode name: man shrugging: medium-dark skin tone
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 4.0 in 2016
Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Base emoji: 🤷‍♂️ Man shrugging

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.

How it looks

🤷🏾‍♂️

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

What it's made of

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

🤷Person shruggingU+1F937
🏾Medium-dark skin toneU+1F3FE
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”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man shrugging”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	hombre encogido de hombros: tono de piel oscuro medio	duda, encogerse, hombre encogido de hombros, hombros, indiferencia, tono de piel oscuro medio
Français	homme qui hausse les épaules : peau mate	aucune idée, doute, haussement, haussement d’épaules, homme, homme qui hausse les épaules, ignorance, indifférence, pas moi, peau mate, personne, rien vu, sais pas
Deutsch	schulterzuckender Mann: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe	egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Mann, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel
Italiano	uomo che scrolla le spalle: carnagione abbastanza scura	alzare le spalle, boh, carnagione abbastanza scura, dubbio, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferenza, mani, non saprei, non so, persona, uomo che scrolla le spalle
Português	homem dando de ombros: pele morena escura	dar de ombros, dúvida, homem, homem dando de ombros, indiferença, menino, não sei, pele morena escura, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz
Nederlands	man die schouders ophaalt: donkergetinte huidskleur	donkergetinte huidskleur, gebaar, geen idee, man, man die schouders ophaalt, man haalt schouders op, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel
Svenska	man som rycker på axlarna: mellanmörk hy	axelryckning, likgiltighet, man, man som rycker på axlarna, mellanmörk hy, okunskap, tvivel, vet inte
Polski	mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami: karnacja średnio ciemna	bezradność, karnacja średnio ciemna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna rozkładający ręce, mężczyzna wzruszający ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion
Türkçe	omuz silken erkek: orta koyu cilt tonu	adam, belki, bilmem, erkek, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kişi, kuşku, omuz silken erkek, omuz silkme, orta koyu cilt tonu, sanırım, şüphe
Русский	мужчина пожимает плечами: темный тон кожи	все, может, мужчина, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение, темный тон кожи
Українська	чоловік, що знизує плечима: помірно темний тон шкіри	байдуже, без поняття, все одно, не знаю, помірно темний тон шкіри, розгубленість, хтозна, чоловік
Ελληνικά	άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος	άγνοια, αγνοώ, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, άντρας, άντρας σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα εγώ, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, μπορεί, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, ώμοι
العربية	رجل لا يبالي: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق	أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, ربما, رجل لا يبالي, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يهمني, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف
עברית	גבר מושך בכתפיו: גוון עור כהה בינוני	אולי, אין לי מושג, איש, גבר, גוון עור כהה בינוני, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוח, לא יודע, מושך בכתפיים, נראה לי, ספק
فارسی	مرد شانه بالا می‌اندازد: پوست گندمی	احتمالا, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, پوست گندمی, 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: हल्की साँवली त्वचा	अज्ञान, आदमी, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता आदमी, कंधा उचकाता पुरुष, कंधे उचकाने की क्रिया, क्या पता, पुरुष, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हल्की साँवली त्वचा, हो सकता है
বাংলা	ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ	অবিশ্বাস, আমি জানি না, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, ছেলে, ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, জানি না, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয়
Bahasa Indonesia	pria mengangkat bahu: warna kulit gelap-sedang	angkat, bahu, bisa jadi, entah, isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, masa bodo, mungkin, pria, pria mengangkat bahu, terserah, warna kulit gelap-sedang
Tiếng Việt	người đàn ông nhún vai: màu da tối trung bình	chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, màu da tối trung bình, nam, nghi ngờ, người đàn ông, người đàn ông nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, sự thờ ơ, vô minh
ไทย	ผู้ชายยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีแทน	เฉยเมย, เดา, โทนผิวสีแทน, ผู้ชาย, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ
日本語	お手上げする男: やや濃い肌色	お手上げ, お手上げする男, さあね, ジェスチャー, やや濃い肌色, 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: 진한 갈색 피부	글쎄, 남자, 누가 알겠어, 모르겠음, 몰라, 무관심, 무식, 무엇이든, 무지, 아마도, 어깨, 어깨를 으쓱하는 남자, 으쓱, 의심, 진한 갈색 피부
中文（简体）	男生耸肩: 中等-深肤色	不关心, 不知道, 中等-深肤色, 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：褐皮膚	不在乎, 不知道, 可能, 大概, 應該, 我猜, 男, 男生聳肩, 聳肩, 褐皮膚, 都好, 隨便

Names in 101 more languages

Afrikaans	man skouerophaal: medium-donker velkleur
Akan	barima repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
Albanian	burrë që ngre supet: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
Amharic	ወንድ አለማወቅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
Armenian	ուսերը թոթվող մարդ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
Assamese	সঠিক নজনা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijani	çiynini çəkən kişi: orta-tünd dəri tonu
Bashkir	ир яурынын һикертә: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
Basque	sorbaldak altxatzen ari den gizona: 5. mota
Belarusian	мужчына паціскае плячыма: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
Bosnian	muškarac sliježe ramenima: umjereno tamna boja kože
Bulgarian	мъж свива рамене: средно тъмна кожа
Burmese	ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားညိုရောင်
Canadian French	homme qui hausse les épaules : peau modérément foncée
Cantonese	聳肩嘅男人: 中深膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)	耸肩嘅男人: 中深肤色
Catalan	home que arronsa les espatlles: pell fosca
Cherokee	ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	聳肩嘅男人：中深皮膚
Chuvash	арҫын хулпуҫҫисене сиктерет: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
Croatian	muškarac sliježe ramenima: smeđa boja kože
Czech	muž krčící rameny: středně tmavý odstín pleti
Danish	mand trækker på skuldrene: medium til mørk teint
Estonian	õlgu kehitav mees: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
European Portuguese	homem a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 5
Faroese	maður um yppur øksl: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
Filipino	lalaking nagkikibit-balikat: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
Finnish	olkapäitään kohauttava mies: keskitumma iho
Galician	home facendo xesto de “nin idea”: ton de pel escuro
Georgian	კაცი მხრებს იჩეჩავს: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
Gujarati	બેદરકારી પુરુષ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausa	mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
Hindi (Latin)	shrug karta aadmi: medium-dark skin
Hungarian	vállrándító férfi: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
Icelandic	maður yppir öxlum: meðaldökkur húðlitur
Igbo	nwoke na-egosi nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
Irish	fear ag croitheadh: ton cnis meándorcha
Javanese	wong lanang angangkat pundhak: kulit sawo mateng
Kannada	ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakh	иығын көтеріп тұрған ер: 5-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)	يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ەر: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmer	បុរសញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
Kinyarwanda	umugabo utigisa intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
Konkani	खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी दादलो: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyz	ийинин куушурган эркек: кара тору
Kʼicheʼ	achi man q’alaj ta chi uwach: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Lao	ຜູ້ຊາຍຫໍ່ໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
Latvian	vīrietis rausta plecus: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
Ligurian	òmmo ch’o strenze e spalle: carnaxon assæ scua
Lithuanian	abejojantis vyras: tamsios odos
Lower Sorbian	z ramjenjoma sukotajucy muski: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
Luxembourgish	Mann, deen d’Schëlleren hieft: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
Macedonian	маж и кревање раменици: тип на кожа 5
Malay	lelaki mengangkat bahu: ton kulit sederhana gelap
Malayalam	തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltese	raġel ixengel spallejh: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
Marathi	बेफिकीर पुरुष: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
Mongolian	мөрөө хавчиж буй эрэгтэй: бордуу
Māori	tāne hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
Nepali	वेवास्ता जनाउने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-५
Nigerian Pidgin	Man Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
Northern Sotho	monna o emiša magetla: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
Norwegian	mann som trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 5
Norwegian Nynorsk	mann som trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 5
Odia	ପୁରୁଷ କାନ୍ଧ ହଲାଉଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromo	dhiira mataa raasu: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
Pashto	سړی اوږی ښوروي: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
Punjabi	ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)	مونڈھے اچکاندا بندہ: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechua	tata rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: tunpa yana qara niraq
Romanian	bărbat care ridică din umeri: ton semi‑închis al pielii
Romansh	um che auza las spatlas: pel mez stgira
Scottish Gaelic	duine a’ druiteadh: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbian	мушкарац слеже раменима: средње тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	мушкарац слијеже раменима: средње тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)	muškarac sleže ramenima: srednje tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	muškarac sliježe ramenima: srednje tamna koža
Shan	ၽူႈၸၢႆးယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
Sindhi	مرد اچڪائيندي: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
Sinhala	උරහිස් සොලවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
Slovak	muž krčiaci plecami: stredne tmavý tón pleti
Slovenian	moški, ki skomiga z rameni: srednje temen ten kože
Somali	nin garba-ruxaya: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
Swahili	mwanamume anayeashiria kutojali: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
Tajik	марде, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
Tamil	தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் ஆண்: வகை 5
Telugu	తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinya	ሰብኣይ እናነቕነቐ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
Tongan	tangata fakamahiki: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
Tswana	monna yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
Turkmen	egnini gysýan erkek: orta goýy deri reňki
Upper Sorbian	muž, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
Urdu	کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
Uyghur	قىسىلغان ئەر: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
Uzbek	erkak yelka qismoqda: 5-teri turi
Welsh	dyn yn codi gwar: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
Wolof	góor aj mbagg: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
Xhosa	indoda enyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
Yoruba	ọkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)	ɔkùnrin tí ń gúnpá: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
Zulu	ukushukuza amahlombe kowesilisa: uhlobo-5

Codes

Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML: 🤷🏾‍♂️
CSS: \1F937\1F3FE\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F937}\u{1F3FE}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python: \U0001F937\U0001F3FE\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BE E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: D83E DD37 D83C DFFE 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BE%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 medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🤷🏾‍♂️ and 🤷‍♂️?

🤷🏾‍♂️ is the 🤷‍♂️ man shrugging emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🤷‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FE 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 medium-dark 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+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷🏾‍♂️

When was 🤷🏾‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.