Person Shrugging means "I don't know," "whatever" or "it is what it is." It expresses uncertainty, indifference or acceptance — the emoji version of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. It is also known as the shrug emoji. 🤷 Person Shrugging is an emoji from the People & Body category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F937 and it was released in Emoji 3.0 (2016). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🤷 Person Shrugging mean?
Person Shrugging means "I don't know," "whatever" or "it is what it is." It expresses uncertainty, indifference or acceptance — the emoji version of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
🤷 Person Shrugging is part of the “Gestures” set in the People & Body emoji category. It is commonly associated with doubt, dunno, guess, idk and ignorance. Person Shrugging has been available since Emoji 3.0 (2016), so it displays on almost all current devices. It supports five skin tones: 🤷🏻 🤷🏼 🤷🏽 🤷🏾 🤷🏿. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :shrug: to insert it.
Person Shrugging skin tones & variations
Click to copy a variation:
Person Shrugging emoji codes
| Emoji | 🤷 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F937 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🤷 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🤷 |
| CSS | \1F937 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F937} |
| Python | \U0001F937 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%A4%B7 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A4 B7 |
| Shortcode | :shrug: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :person_shrugging: |
How to type 🤷 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “person shrugging”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “person shrugging”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “person”.
- HTML: write
🤷in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Person Shrugging keywords
- doubt
- dunno
- guess
- idk
- ignorance
- indifference
- knows
- maybe
- person
- shrug
- shrugging
- whatever
- who
Frequently asked questions
What does 🤷 mean?
Person Shrugging means "I don't know," "whatever" or "it is what it is." It expresses uncertainty, indifference or acceptance — the emoji version of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
What is the 🤷 emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Person Shrugging, but people also call it the shrug emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Person Shrugging emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🤷 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🤷 Person Shrugging added to Unicode?
Person Shrugging was released as part of Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Does 🤷 come in different skin tones?
Yes. Person Shrugging supports five skin-tone modifiers based on the Fitzpatrick scale: 🤷🏻 🤷🏼 🤷🏽 🤷🏾 🤷🏿. Pick one from the list above to copy it.
Related Gestures emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.