# 🤷🏿 Person shrugging emoji: dark skin tone

🤷🏿 is the person shrugging emoji (🤷) with dark skin tone. It's 🤷 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤷🏿
- Unicode name: person shrugging: dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FF
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤷 Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Pictures a person with raised shoulders and open palms in a shrug. It says "I don't know," "who knows" or "maybe," and shows indifference, a "whatever" attitude, or helplessness about a situation.

## Other skin tones

- 🤷 [Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md)
- 🤷🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FB
- 🤷🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FC
- 🤷🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FD
- 🤷🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FE

## What it's made of

🤷🏿 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤷 [Person shrugging](https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-emoji.md) (U+1F937)
2. 🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FF)

## How to type 🤷🏿

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person shrugging”, then pick dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona encogida de hombros: tono de piel oscuro | duda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, persona encogida de hombros, tono de piel oscuro |
| Français (fr) | personne qui hausse les épaules : peau foncée | aucune idée, c’est comme ça, doute, femme qui hausse les épaules, haussement d’épaules, ignorance, indifférence, je ne sais pas, peau foncée, personne, personne qui hausse les épaules, peut-être, que faire, qui sait |
| Deutsch (de) | schulterzuckende Person: dunkle Hautfarbe | dunkle Hautfarbe, egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Person, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | persona che scrolla le spalle: carnagione scura | boh, carnagione scura, dubbio, forse, indifferenza, non lo so, non saprei, noncuranza, persona che alza le spalle, persona che scrolla le spalle, può darsi, spalle alzate, vabbè |
| Português (pt) | pessoa dando de ombros: pele escura | dar de ombros, dúvida, ignorância, indiferença, não sei, ombros, pele escura, pessoa, pessoa dando de ombros, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz |
| Nederlands (nl) | persoon die schouders ophaalt: donkere huidskleur | donkere huidskleur, gebaar, idk, ik weet het niet, misschien, onverschilligheid, onwetend, onwetendheid, persoon die schouders ophaalt, schouderophalen, twijfel |
| Svenska (sv) | person som rycker på axlarna: mörk hy | axelryckning, likgiltighet, mörk hy, okunskap, person som rycker på axlarna, tvivel |
| Polski (pl) | osoba wzruszająca ramionami: karnacja ciemna | bezradność, karnacja ciemna, nie wiem, obojętność, osoba, osoba rozkładająca ręce, osoba wzruszająca ramionami, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion |
| Türkçe (tr) | omuz silkme: koyu cilt tonu | bilemem, bilmem, bilmeme, bilmiyorum, ilgisizlik, kararsız, kişi, koyu cilt tonu, ne bileyim, ne yapalım, omuz silkme, sanırım, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | человек пожимает плечами: очень темный тон кожи | все, может, очень темный тон кожи, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение, человек |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що знизує плечима: темний тон шкіри | байдуже, байдужість, знизування, мабуть, не знаю, невідомо, розгубленість, сумнів, темний тон шкіри, хтозна |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους: σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβολία, ανασήκωμα ώμων, άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος |
| العربية (ar) | لا مبالاة: بشرة بلون غامق | أشخاص, أيًا كان, احتمال, بشرة بلون غامق, جهل, ربما, شك, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يوجد فرق, من يدري, هزة الكتف |
| עברית (he) | מישהי מושכת בכתפיה: גוון עור כהה | אדישה, אולי, אין לי מושג, אני מנחשת, גוון עור כהה, לא יודעת, לא משנה, תעזבו אותי |
| فارسی (fa) | شانه بالا انداختن: پوست آبنوسی | بدن, به من چه, پوست آبنوسی, حالا هرچی, زن, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, شک داشتن, کی میدونه, ندانستن, نمی‌دانم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति: साँवली त्वचा | अज्ञान, उचकाना, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति, कंधे उचकाना, पता नहीं, मुझे क्या पता, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, साँवली त्वचा, हो सकता है |
| বাংলা (bn) | ঠিক জানি না: কালো ত্বকের রঙ | অজ্ঞান, অনিশ্চয়তা, অনিশ্চিত, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ নাড়িয়ে উত্তরল দেওয়া, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, ঠিক জানি না, দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত, যাই হোক, সম্ভবত, সংশয়, হয়তো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang mengangkat bahu: warna kulit gelap | angkat bahu, bingung, bisa jadi, entah, masa bodo, nggak tahu, orang mengangkat bahu, siapa tahu, tau deh, terserah, tidak tahu, wanita mengangkat bahu, warna kulit gelap |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người nhún vai: màu da tối | ai mà biết được, có thể, hững hờ, không biết, màu da tối, nghi ngờ, người nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, thờ ơ |
| ไทย (th) | ยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีเข้ม | ช่างเถอะ, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, ไม่แคร์, ไม่รู้, ไม่สน, ยักไหล่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | お手上げする人: 濃い肌色 | お手上げ, お手上げする人, さあね, ジェスチャー, わかりません, 人, 多分ね, 濃い肌色, 知らない, 肩をすくめる |
| 한국어 (ko) | 어깨를 으쓱하는 사람: 검은색 피부 | 검은색 피부, 글쎄, 무관심, 무슨 상관이야, 무시, 무식, 무지, 상관없어, 아마도, 어깨 으쓱, 어깨를 으쓱하는 사람, 으쓱, 잘 모르겠음 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 耸肩: 较深肤色 | 不关心, 不知道, 人, 天晓得, 怀疑, 我哪知, 我猜的, 无所谓, 无视, 耸肩, 较深肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 聳肩：黑皮膚 | 不知道, 不關心, 懷疑, 我猜, 攤手, 聳, 聳肩, 肩, 說不定, 隨便, 黑皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon skouerophaal: donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): onipa repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani tuntum
- Albanian (sq): ngritje supesh: nuancë lëkure e errët
- Amharic (am): ንቆ መተው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող անձ․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা ব্যক্তি: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkmək: tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): кеше яурынын һикертә: ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatu: 6. mota
- Belarusian (be): паціскае плячыма: цёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): slijeganje ramenima: tamna boja kože
- Breton (br): den o hejañ e zivskoaz : krocʼhen teñval
- Bulgarian (bg): свиване на рамене: тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်သည် − အသားမည်းရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui hausse les épaules : peau foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅人: 深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅人: 深肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona que arronsa les espatlles: pell molt fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅人：黑皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын хулпуҫҫийӗсене сиктерет: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): slijeganje ramenima: tamno smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): osoba krčící rameny: tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): trækker på skuldrene: mørk teint
- Estonian (et): õlakehitus: tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 6
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum yppur øksl: myrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): nagkikibit-balikat: dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava henkilö: tumma iho
- Galician (gl): xesto de "nin idea": ton de pel moi escuro
- Georgian (ka): მხრების აჩეჩვა: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum ɗaga kafaɗa: launin fata mai duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karta vyakti: dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándítás: sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): yppir öxlum: dökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye ngosipụta nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
- Irish (ga): duine ag croitheadh a ghuaillí: ton cnis dorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong angangkat pundhak: kulit ireng
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುವುದು: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): білмегендік белгісі: 6-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بىلمەگەندىك بەلگىسى: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wazamuye intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय असो हावभाव करपी व्यक्ती: गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийиндерин куушуруу: кара
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq man reta’m taj: q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຍັກໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): rausta plecus: tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a strenze e spalle: carnaxon scua
- Lithuanian (lt): gūžtelėjimas pečiais: itin tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajuca wósoba: śamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Persoun, déi d’Schëlleren hieft: däischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): кревање раменици: тип на кожа 6
- Malay (ms): angkat bahu: ton kulit gelap
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾ വെട്ടിക്കൽ: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna xxengel spallejha: ton skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर: काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчих: бор
- Māori (mi): tangata hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua parauri
- Nepali (ne): वेवास्ता जनाउने: छालाको प्रकार-६
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a emišitšego magetla: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
- Norwegian (no): trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 6
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 6
- Odia (or): ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama mataa raasu: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
- Pashto (ps): شخص اوږی ښوروي: تور پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਉਚਕਾਉਣਾ: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مُڈے اچکاندا بندہ: کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care ridică din umeri: ton închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che auza las spatlas: pel stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ druiteadh: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): слегање раменима: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): слијегање раменима: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sleganje ramenima: tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): slijeganje ramenima: tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص اچڪائيندي: ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සෙලවීම: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
- Slovak (sk): človek krčiaci plecami: tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba, ki skomiga: temen ten kože
- Somali (so): qof garba-ruxaya: jidh madaw
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya kutojali: ngozi nyeusi
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги торики пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சந்தேகம்: வகை 6
- Telugu (te): తెలీదని చెప్తున్న వ్యక్తి: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ እናነቕነቐ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fakamahiki: kili ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo la mmala o montsho
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan adam: goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: ćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکانا: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان كىشى: توق تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): bilmayman ishorasi: 6-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): codi gwar: arlliw croen tywyll
- Wolof (wo): nit ku aj mbaggam: xeesaayu der bu ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): umntu onyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Gunpa: adúláwọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Gunpa: adúláwɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): shukuza amahlombe: uhlobo-6

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F937 U+1F3FF` |
| HTML | `🤷🏿` |
| CSS | `\1F937\1F3FF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F937}\u{1F3FF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F937\U0001F3FF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD37 D83C DFFF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BF` |

## Questions

### What does 🤷🏿 mean?

Pictures a person with raised shoulders and open palms in a shrug. It says "I don't know," "who knows" or "maybe," and shows indifference, a "whatever" attitude, or helplessness about a situation. 🤷🏿 shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤷🏿 and 🤷?

🤷🏿 is the 🤷 person shrugging emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🤷 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F937 U+1F3FF.

### How do I type 🤷🏿?

Find 🤷 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose 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+1F3FF. In HTML you can write 🤷🏿

### When was 🤷🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

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