🤷U+1F937

Person shrugging emoji

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.

Unicode name: person shrugging
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 3.0 in 2016
Code points: U+1F937
Shortcode: :shrug:
Keywords: doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance, indifference, knows, maybe, person, shrug, shrugging, whatever, who

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iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person shrugging”.
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Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person shrugging”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person shrugging”.
GitHub: Type :shrug: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	persona encogida de hombros	duda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, persona encogida de hombros
Français	personne qui hausse les épaules	aucune idée, c’est comme ça, doute, femme qui hausse les épaules, haussement d’épaules, ignorance, indifférence, je ne sais pas, personne, personne qui hausse les épaules, peut-être, que faire, qui sait
Deutsch	schulterzuckende Person	egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Person, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel
Italiano	persona che scrolla le spalle	boh, 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	pessoa dando de ombros	dar de ombros, dúvida, ignorância, indiferença, não sei, ombros, pessoa, pessoa dando de ombros, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz
Nederlands	persoon die schouders ophaalt	gebaar, idk, ik weet het niet, misschien, onverschilligheid, onwetend, onwetendheid, persoon die schouders ophaalt, schouderophalen, twijfel
Svenska	person som rycker på axlarna	axelryckning, likgiltighet, okunskap, person som rycker på axlarna, tvivel
Polski	osoba wzruszająca ramionami	bezradność, nie wiem, obojętność, osoba, osoba rozkładająca ręce, osoba wzruszająca ramionami, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion
Türkçe	omuz silkme	bilemem, bilmem, bilmeme, bilmiyorum, ilgisizlik, kararsız, kişi, ne bileyim, ne yapalım, omuz silkme, sanırım, vücut
Русский	человек пожимает плечами	все, может, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение, человек
Українська	людина, що знизує плечима	байдуже, байдужість, знизування, мабуть, не знаю, невідомо, розгубленість, сумнів, хтозна
Ελληνικά	άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους	άγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβολία, ανασήκωμα ώμων, άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους
العربية	لا مبالاة	أشخاص, أيًا كان, احتمال, جهل, ربما, شك, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يوجد فرق, من يدري, هزة الكتف
עברית	מישהי מושכת בכתפיה	אדישה, אולי, אין לי מושג, אני מנחשת, לא יודעת, לא משנה, תעזבו אותי
فارسی	شانه بالا انداختن	بدن, به من چه, حالا هرچی, زن, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, شک داشتن, کی میدونه, ندانستن, نمی‌دانم
हिन्दी	कंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति	अज्ञान, उचकाना, उदासीनता, कंधा उचकाता व्यक्ति, कंधे उचकाना, पता नहीं, मुझे क्या पता, मुझे नहीं पता, शायद, संदेह, हो सकता है
বাংলা	ঠিক জানি না	অজ্ঞান, অনিশ্চয়তা, অনিশ্চিত, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ নাড়িয়ে উত্তরল দেওয়া, ঠিক জানি না, দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত, যাই হোক, সম্ভবত, সংশয়, হয়তো
Bahasa Indonesia	orang mengangkat bahu	angkat bahu, bingung, bisa jadi, entah, masa bodo, nggak tahu, orang mengangkat bahu, siapa tahu, tau deh, terserah, tidak tahu, wanita mengangkat bahu
Tiếng Việt	người nhún vai	ai mà biết được, có thể, hững hờ, không biết, nghi ngờ, người nhún vai, nhún vai, sao cũng được, thờ ơ
ไทย	ยักไหล่	ช่างเถอะ, ไม่แคร์, ไม่รู้, ไม่สน, ยักไหล่
日本語	お手上げする人	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, 知らない, 肩をすくめる
한국어	어깨를 으쓱하는 사람	글쎄, 무관심, 무슨 상관이야, 무시, 무식, 무지, 상관없어, 아마도, 어깨 으쓱, 어깨를 으쓱하는 사람, 으쓱, 잘 모르겠음
中文（简体）	耸肩	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
中文（繁體）	聳肩	不知道, 不關心, 懷疑, 我猜, 攤手, 聳, 聳肩, 肩, 說不定, 隨便

Names in 101 more languages

Afrikaans	persoon skouerophaal
Akan	onipa repagya ne mmati
Albanian	ngritje supesh
Amharic	ንቆ መተው
Armenian	ուսերը թոթվող անձ
Assamese	সঠিক নজনা ব্যক্তি
Azerbaijani	çiynini çəkmək
Bashkir	кеше яурынын һикертә
Basque	sorbaldak altxatu
Belarusian	паціскае плячыма
Bosnian	slijeganje ramenima
Breton	den o hejañ e zivskoaz
Bulgarian	свиване на рамене
Burmese	ပခုံးတွန့်သည်
Cantonese	聳肩嘅人
Cantonese (Simplified)	耸肩嘅人
Catalan	persona que arronsa les espatlles
Cherokee	ᏴᏫ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	聳肩嘅人
Chuvash	ҫын хулпуҫҫийӗсене сиктерет
Croatian	slijeganje ramenima
Czech	osoba krčící rameny
Danish	trækker på skuldrene
Estonian	õlakehitus
European Portuguese	pessoa a encolher os ombros
Faroese	persónur sum yppur øksl
Filipino	nagkikibit-balikat
Finnish	olkapäitään kohauttava henkilö
Galician	xesto de "nin idea"
Georgian	მხრების აჩეჩვა
Gujarati	બેદરકારી
Hausa	mutum ɗaga kafaɗa
Hindi (Latin)	shrug karta vyakti
Hungarian	vállrándítás
Icelandic	yppir öxlum
Igbo	onye ngosipụta nhatanha aka
Irish	duine ag croitheadh a ghuaillí
Javanese	wong angangkat pundhak
Kalaallisut	trækker på skuldrene
Kannada	ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುವುದು
Kazakh	білмегендік белгісі
Kazakh (Arabic)	بىلمەگەندىك بەلگىسى
Khmer	ញាក់ស្មា
Kinyarwanda	umuntu wazamuye intugu
Konkani	खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय असो हावभाव करपी व्यक्ती
Kyrgyz	ийиндерин куушуруу
Kʼicheʼ	Winaq man reta’m taj
Lao	ຍັກໄຫລ່
Latvian	rausta plecus
Lithuanian	gūžtelėjimas pečiais
Lower Sorbian	z ramjenjoma sukotajuca wósoba
Luxembourgish	Persoun, déi d’Schëlleren hieft
Macedonian	кревање раменици
Malay	angkat bahu
Malayalam	തോൾ വെട്ടിക്കൽ
Maltese	persuna xxengel spallejha
Marathi	बेफिकीर
Mongolian	мөрөө хавчих
Māori	tangata hiki-pakihiwi
Nepali	वेवास्ता जनाउने
Nigerian Pidgin	Pẹ́sin Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda
Northern Sotho	motho yo a emišitšego magetla
Norwegian	trekker på skuldrene
Norwegian Nynorsk	trekkjer på skuldrene
Odia	ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି
Oromo	nama mataa raasu
Pashto	شخص اوږی ښوروي
Punjabi	ਉਚਕਾਉਣਾ
Punjabi (Arabic)	مُڈے اچکاندا بندہ
Quechua	runa rikrakunayuq hatarichiy
Romanian	persoană care ridică din umeri
Romansh	persuna che auza las spatlas
Scottish Gaelic	neach a’ druiteadh
Serbian	слегање раменима
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	слијегање раменима
Serbian (Latin)	sleganje ramenima
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	slijeganje ramenima
Shan	ၵူၼ်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ
Sindhi	شخص اچڪائيندي
Sinhala	උරහිස් සෙලවීම
Slovak	človek krčiaci plecami
Slovenian	oseba, ki skomiga
Somali	qof garba-ruxaya
Swahili	ishara ya kutojali
Tajik	шахсе, ки китф афшонда истодааст
Tamil	சந்தேகம்
Telugu	తెలీదని చెప్తున్న వ్యక్తి
Tigrinya	ሰብ እናነቕነቐ
Tongan	tokotaha fakamahiki
Tswana	motho yo o tsholetsang magetla
Turkmen	egnini gysýan adam
Upper Sorbian	wosoba, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje
Urdu	کندھے اچکانا
Uyghur	قىسىلغان كىشى
Uzbek	bilmayman ishorasi
Welsh	codi gwar
Wolof	nit ku aj mbaggam
Xhosa	umntu onyikinya amagxa
Yoruba	Ẹni N Gunpa
Yoruba (Benin)	Ɛni N Gunpa
Zulu	shukuza amahlombe

Codes

Code points: U+1F937
HTML: 🤷
CSS: \1F937
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F937}
Python: \U0001F937
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A4 B7
UTF-16: D83E DD37
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A4%B7

Questions

What does the 🤷 person shrugging emoji 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.

How do I type the 🤷 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “person 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 :shrug:.

When was the 🤷 emoji added?

🤷 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

What is the Unicode code point for 🤷?

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

Does 🤷 come in different skin tones?

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