Used to express indifference or confusion when outcomes are unclear, the male shrug for “guess we’ll see.”
man shrugging: medium-dark skin tone
Definitions & examples
- Groups
- Subgroups
- Unicode
- U+1F937 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Variant status
- Fully-qualified
- Emoji version
- E4.0
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woman shrugging: medium-light skin tone
Signals uncertainty or indifference, the female shrug meaning “who knows” or “either is fine.”
🤷🏼♂️
man shrugging: medium-light skin tone
Indicates you’re unsure, undecided, or not invested in the outcome, a casual male shrug.
🤷🏽
person shrugging: medium skin tone
Signals uncertainty or indifference, accepting that you don’t have the answer.
🤷♀️
woman shrugging
Indicates not knowing, not having a strong stance, or accepting uncertainty with a casual shrug.
🤷🏼
person shrugging: medium-light skin tone
Represents not knowing, not caring, or just going with the flow. The shrug says, “who knows?” or “whatever.”
ZWJ Composition
See how 🤷🏾♂️ is built from its components, split by zero-width joiner (ZWJ).
🤷🏾
U+1F937U+1F3FE
ZWJ
♂
U+2642