# 🤷 Person shrugging emoji

🤷 Person shrugging is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance and indifference.

- Emoji: 🤷
- Unicode name: person shrugging
- Code points: U+1F937
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :shrug:
- Keywords: doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance, indifference, knows, maybe, person, shrug, shrugging, whatever, who
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-shrugging-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.

## Skin tones

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

## Emoji that include 🤷

- 🤷‍♂️ [Man shrugging](https://emojichart.com/man-shrugging-emoji.md)
- 🤷‍♀️ [Woman shrugging](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-emoji.md)

## How to type 🤷

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person shrugging”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person shrugging”.
- 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 (es) | persona encogida de hombros | duda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, persona encogida de hombros |
| Français (fr) | 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 (de) | schulterzuckende Person | egal, gleichgültig, keine Ahnung, Person, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | 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 (pt) | 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 (nl) | persoon die schouders ophaalt | gebaar, idk, ik weet het niet, misschien, onverschilligheid, onwetend, onwetendheid, persoon die schouders ophaalt, schouderophalen, twijfel |
| Svenska (sv) | person som rycker på axlarna | axelryckning, likgiltighet, okunskap, person som rycker på axlarna, tvivel |
| Polski (pl) | osoba wzruszająca ramionami | bezradność, nie wiem, obojętność, osoba, osoba rozkładająca ręce, osoba wzruszająca ramionami, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion |
| Türkçe (tr) | omuz silkme | bilemem, bilmem, bilmeme, bilmiyorum, ilgisizlik, kararsız, kişi, ne bileyim, ne yapalım, omuz silkme, sanırım, vücut |
| Русский (ru) | человек пожимает плечами | все, может, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение, человек |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що знизує плечима | байдуже, байдужість, знизування, мабуть, не знаю, невідомо, розгубленість, сумнів, хтозна |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους | άγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβολία, ανασήκωμα ώμων, άτομο σηκώνει τους ώμους |
| العربية (ar) | لا مبالاة | أشخاص, أيًا كان, احتمال, جهل, ربما, شك, لا أعرف, لا مبالاة, لا يوجد فرق, من يدري, هزة الكتف |
| עברית (he) | מישהי מושכת בכתפיה | אדישה, אולי, אין לי מושג, אני מנחשת, לא יודעת, לא משנה, תעזבו אותי |
| فارسی (fa) | شانه بالا انداختن | بدن, به من چه, حالا هرچی, زن, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, شک داشتن, کی میدونه, ندانستن, نمی‌دانم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | 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 (bn) | ঠিক জানি না | অজ্ঞান, অনিশ্চয়তা, অনিশ্চিত, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ নাড়িয়ে উত্তরল দেওয়া, ঠিক জানি না, দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত, যাই হোক, সম্ভবত, সংশয়, হয়তো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | 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 (vi) | 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 (th) | ยักไหล่ | ช่างเถอะ, ไม่แคร์, ไม่รู้, ไม่สน, ยักไหล่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 어깨를 으쓱하는 사람 | 글쎄, 무관심, 무슨 상관이야, 무시, 무식, 무지, 상관없어, 아마도, 어깨 으쓱, 어깨를 으쓱하는 사람, 으쓱, 잘 모르겠음 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 聳肩 | 不知道, 不關心, 懷疑, 我猜, 攤手, 聳, 聳肩, 肩, 說不定, 隨便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon skouerophaal
- Akan (ak): onipa repagya ne mmati
- Albanian (sq): ngritje supesh
- Amharic (am): ንቆ መተው
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող անձ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkmək
- Bashkir (ba): кеше яурынын һикертә
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatu
- Belarusian (be): паціскае плячыма
- Bosnian (bs): slijeganje ramenima
- Breton (br): den o hejañ e zivskoaz
- Bulgarian (bg): свиване на рамене
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်သည်
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅人
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona que arronsa les espatlles
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅人
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын хулпуҫҫийӗсене сиктерет
- Croatian (hr): slijeganje ramenima
- Czech (cs): osoba krčící rameny
- Danish (da): trækker på skuldrene
- Estonian (et): õlakehitus
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa a encolher os ombros
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum yppur øksl
- Filipino (fil): nagkikibit-balikat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava henkilö
- Galician (gl): xesto de "nin idea"
- Georgian (ka): მხრების აჩეჩვა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી
- Hausa (ha): mutum ɗaga kafaɗa
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karta vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándítás
- Icelandic (is): yppir öxlum
- Igbo (ig): onye ngosipụta nhatanha aka
- Irish (ga): duine ag croitheadh a ghuaillí
- Javanese (jv): wong angangkat pundhak
- Kalaallisut (kl): trækker på skuldrene
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುವುದು
- Kazakh (kk): білмегендік белгісі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بىلمەگەندىك بەلگىسى
- Khmer (km): ញាក់ស្មា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wazamuye intugu
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय असो हावभाव करपी व्यक्ती
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийиндерин куушуруу
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq man reta’m taj
- Lao (lo): ຍັກໄຫລ່
- Latvian (lv): rausta plecus
- Lithuanian (lt): gūžtelėjimas pečiais
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajuca wósoba
- Luxembourgish (lb): Persoun, déi d’Schëlleren hieft
- Macedonian (mk): кревање раменици
- Malay (ms): angkat bahu
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾ വെട്ടിക്കൽ
- Maltese (mt): persuna xxengel spallejha
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчих
- Māori (mi): tangata hiki-pakihiwi
- Nepali (ne): वेवास्ता जनाउने
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a emišitšego magetla
- Norwegian (no): trekker på skuldrene
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): trekkjer på skuldrene
- Odia (or): ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama mataa raasu
- Pashto (ps): شخص اوږی ښوروي
- Punjabi (pa): ਉਚਕਾਉਣਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مُڈے اچکاندا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): runa rikrakunayuq hatarichiy
- Romanian (ro): persoană care ridică din umeri
- Romansh (rm): persuna che auza las spatlas
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ druiteadh
- Serbian (sr): слегање раменима
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): слијегање раменима
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sleganje ramenima
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): slijeganje ramenima
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): شخص اچڪائيندي
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සෙලවීම
- Slovak (sk): človek krčiaci plecami
- Slovenian (sl): oseba, ki skomiga
- Somali (so): qof garba-ruxaya
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya kutojali
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки китф афшонда истодааст
- Tamil (ta): சந்தேகம்
- Telugu (te): తెలీదని చెప్తున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ እናነቕነቐ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fakamahiki
- Tswana (tn): motho yo o tsholetsang magetla
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکانا
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان كىشى
- Uzbek (uz): bilmayman ishorasi
- Welsh (cy): codi gwar
- Wolof (wo): nit ku aj mbaggam
- Xhosa (xh): umntu onyikinya amagxa
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Gunpa
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Gunpa
- Zulu (zu): shukuza amahlombe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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.

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