# 🤷🏻‍♀️ Woman shrugging emoji: light skin tone

🤷🏻‍♀️ is the woman 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: woman shrugging: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤷‍♀️ Woman shrugging](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Features a woman shrugging with her palms turned up. It is handy for saying "I don't know" or "who knows," for expressing indifference or a "so what" attitude, and for admitting you have no answer.

## Other skin tones

- 🤷‍♀️ [Woman shrugging](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-emoji.md)
- 🤷🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏾‍♀️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤷🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-shrugging-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F937 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 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. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 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 “woman shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “woman shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “woman shrugging”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “woman 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) | mujer encogida de hombros: tono de piel claro | duda, encogerse, hombros, indiferencia, mujer encogida de hombros, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | femme qui hausse les épaules : peau claire | aucune idée, doute, femme, femme qui hausse les épaules, haussement, haussement d’épaules, ignorance, indifférence, je sais pas, pas moi, peau claire, personne, rien vu |
| Deutsch (de) | schulterzuckende Frau: helle Hautfarbe | egal, Frau, gleichgültig, helle Hautfarbe, keine Ahnung, Schultern zucken, schulterzuckend, weiß nicht, Zweifel |
| Italiano (it) | donna che scrolla le spalle: carnagione chiara | alzare le spalle, boh, carnagione chiara, donna che scrolla le spalle, dubitare, forse, gesto, indifferente, indifferenza, mani, non lo so, non so, persona |
| Português (pt) | mulher dando de ombros: pele clara | dar de ombros, dúvida, garota, indiferença, menina, mulher, mulher dando de ombros, não sei, pele clara, quem sabe, sei lá, tanto faz |
| Nederlands (nl) | vrouw die schouders ophaalt: lichte huidskleur | gebaar, geen idee, lichte huidskleur, onverschillig, onverschilligheid, onwetendheid, persoon, schouderophalen, twijfel, vrouw, vrouw die schouders ophaalt, weet niet |
| Svenska (sv) | kvinna som rycker på axlarna: ljus hy | axelryckning, kvinna, kvinna som rycker på axlarna, likgiltighet, ljus hy, okunskap, tvivel |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta wzruszająca ramionami: karnacja jasna | bezradność, karnacja jasna, kobieta, kobieta rozkładająca ręce, kobieta wzruszająca ramionami, nie wiem, obojętność, wątpliwość, wszystko jedno, wzruszenie ramion |
| Türkçe (tr) | omuz silken kadın: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, belki, bilmem, cahillik, cehalet, her neyse, ilgisizlik, kadın, kişi, kuşku, sanırım, şüphe |
| Русский (ru) | женщина пожимает плечами: очень светлый тон кожи | все, женщина, может, очень светлый тон кожи, плечами, пожимает, равно, равнодушие, сомнение |
| Українська (uk) | жінка, що знизує плечима: світлий тон шкіри | байдуже, без поняття, все одно, жінка, не знаю, розгубленість, світлий тон шкіри, хтозна |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα σηκώνει τους ώμους: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άγνοια, αδιαφορία, αμφιβάλω, αμφιβολία, ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, γυναίκα, γυναίκα σηκώνει τους ώμους, δεν ξέρω, δεν το έκανα, ό,τι πεις, ποιος ξέρει, ώμοι |
| العربية (ar) | سيدة لا تبالي: بشرة بلون فاتح | أشخاص, أيًا كان, استهجان, امرأة, بشرة بلون فاتح, ربما, سيدة لا تبالي, شك, لا أعلم, لا مبالاة, لا يهم, ما بعرف, من يدري, هز الكتف |
| עברית (he) | אישה מושכת בכתפיה: גוון עור בהיר | אין לי מושג, אישה, גוון עור בהיר, לא אכפת לי, לא בטוחה, לא יודעת, לא משנה לי, מושכת בכתפיים, ספק |
| فارسی (fa) | زن شانه بالا می‌اندازد: پوست سفید | آدم, احتمالا, بدن, به من چه, بی‌تفاوتی, پوست سفید, حالا هر چی, زن, زن شانه بالا می‌اندازد, شانه بالا انداختن, شاید, شک, مطمئن نبودن, ندانستن, نمی دانم, نمی‌دانم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | महिला का कंधा उचकाना: गोरी त्वचा | अज्ञान, उदासीनता, कंधे उचकाती महिला, गोरी त्वचा, पता नहीं, महिला, महिला का कंधा उचकाना, मुझे क्या पता, शायद, संदेह, हिलाना, हो सकता है |
| বাংলা (bn) | মেয়েদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অজ্ঞতা, অবিশ্বাস, উদাসীনতা, কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, ব্যক্তি, মহিলা, মেয়ে, মেয়েদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো, সন্দেহ, সম্ভবত, সংশয়, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wanita mengangkat bahu: warna kulit cerah | angkat, bahu, entah, isyarat, masa bodo, mungkin, perempuan, terserah, tidak tahu, wanita, wanita mengangkat bahu, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người phụ nữ nhún vai: màu da sáng | chắc vậy, có thể, không biết, màu da sáng, nghi ngờ, người phụ nữ nhún vai, nhún vai, nữ, phụ nữ, sao cũng được, sự thờ ơ, vô minh |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้หญิงยักไหล่: โทนผิวสีขาว | เฉยเมย, เดา, โทนผิวสีขาว, ผู้หญิง, ไม่ทราบ, ไม่สนใจ, ยักไหล่, รู้, สงสัย, อาจจะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | お手上げする女: 薄い肌色 | お手上げ, お手上げする女, さあね, ジェスチャー, わかりません, 多分ね, 女, 女性, 知らない, 肩をすくめる, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 어깨를 으쓱하는 여자: 하얀 피부 | 글쎄, 누가 알겠어, 모르겠음, 몰라, 무관심, 무식, 무엇이든, 무지, 아마도, 어깨, 어깨를 으쓱하는 여자, 여자, 으쓱, 의심, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 女生耸肩: 较浅肤色 | 不关心, 不知道, 天晓得, 女, 女子耸肩, 女生耸肩, 怀疑, 我哪知, 我猜的, 无所谓, 无视, 耸肩, 较浅肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 女生聳肩：白皮膚 | 不在乎, 不知道, 可能, 大概, 女生聳肩, 應該, 我猜, 白皮膚, 聳肩, 都好, 隨便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vrou skouerophaal: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɔbaa repagya ne mmati: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): grua që ngre supet: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ሴት አለማወቅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): ուսերը թոթվող կին․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): সঠিক নজনা মহিলা: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): çiynini çəkən qadın: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡатын яурынын һикертә: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): sorbaldak altxatzen ari den emakumea: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): жанчына паціскае плячыма: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): žena sliježe ramenima: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): жена свива рамене: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသမီး − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): femme qui hausse les épaules : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 聳肩嘅女人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耸肩嘅女人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): dona que arronsa les espatlles: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᏗᎦᏅᏬ ᏚᏌᎳᏛ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聳肩嘅女人：白皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): хӗрарӑм хулпуҫҫисене сиктеркелет: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): žena sliježe ramenima: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): žena krčící rameny: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): kvinde trækker på skuldrene: lys teint
- Estonian (et): õlgu kehitav naine: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mulher a encolher os ombros: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): kvinna um yppur øksl: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): babaeng nagkikibit-balikat: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): olkapäitään kohauttava nainen: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): muller facendo xesto de “nin idea”: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): ქალი მხრებს იჩეჩავს: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બેદરકારી સ્ત્રી: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mace ɗagawa kafaɗa: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): shrug karti mahila: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): vállrándító nő: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): kona yppir öxlum: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwanyị na-egosi nhatanha aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): bean ag croitheadh: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong wadon ngangkat pundhak: kulit putih
- Kannada (kn): ಭುಜ ಹಾರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): иығын көтеріп тұрған әйел: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىعىن كوتەرىپ تۇرعان ايەل: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): នារីញាក់ស្មា: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugore utigisa intugu: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): खांद उबारून आपूण न्हय वा आपूण नकळो असो हावभाव करपी बायल: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): ийинин куушурган аял: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): ixoq man q’alaj ta chi uwach: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຍິງຫໍ່ໄຫລ່: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): sieviete rausta plecus: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dònna ch’a strenze e spalle: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): abejojanti moteris: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): z ramjenjoma sukotajuca žeńska: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fra, déi d’Schëlleren hieft: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): жена и кревање раменици: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): perempuan mengangkat bahu: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തോൾവെട്ടിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): mara xxengel spallejha: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): बेफिकीर महिला: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): мөрөө хавчиж буй эмэгтэй: цайвар
- Māori (mi): wahine hiki-pakihiwi: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): वेेवास्ता जनाउने छोरीमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Wé De Shrọ́g Im Shólda: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): mosadi o emiša magetla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): kvinne som trekker på skuldrene: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): kvinne som trekkjer på skuldrene: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ମହିଳା କାନ୍ଧ ଉଠାଉଛନ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dubartii mataa raastu: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): ښځه اوږی ښوروي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੋਢੇ ਉਚਕਾਉਂਦੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مونڈھے اچکاندی زنانی: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): warmi rikrakunayuq hatarichiy: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): femeie care ridică din umeri: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dunna che auza las spatlas: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): boireannach a’ druiteadh: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): жена слеже раменима: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): жена слијеже раменима: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): žena sleže ramenima: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): žena sliježe ramenima: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈယိင်းယေႃႈႁူဝ်မႃႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): عورت اچڪائيندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): උරහිස් සොලවන කාන්තාව: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): žena krčiaca plecami: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): ženska, ki skomiga z rameni: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): naag garba-ruxaysa: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): mwanamke anayeashiria kutojali: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): зане, ки китф афшонда истодааст: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): தெரியாது என்று காட்டும் பெண்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న స్త్రీ: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰበይቲ እናነቕነቐት፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): fefine fakamahiki: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): mosadi yo o tsholetsang magetla: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): egnini gysýan zenan: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žona, kiž z ramjenjomaj suknje: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کندھے اچکاتی ہوئی عورت: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قىسىلغان ئايال: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ayol yelka qismoqda: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): menyw yn codi gwar: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): jigéen aj mbagg: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): ibhinqa elinyikinya amagxa: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): obìǹrin tí ń gúnpa: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): obìǹrin tí ń gúnpa: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): ukushukuza amahlombe kowesimame: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F937 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤷🏻‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F937\1F3FB\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F937}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F937\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 B7 F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD37 D83C DFFB 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%B7%F0%9F%8F%BB%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🤷🏻‍♀️ mean?

Features a woman shrugging with her palms turned up. It is handy for saying "I don't know" or "who knows," for expressing indifference or a "so what" attitude, and for admitting you have no answer. 🤷🏻‍♀️ shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🤷🏻‍♀️ is the 🤷‍♀️ woman 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+2640 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🤷🏻‍♀️?

Find 🤷‍♀️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “woman 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+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤷🏻‍♀️

### When was 🤷🏻‍♀️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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