Random-Emoji🤷
🤷 Person Shrugging Emoji
A person with raised shoulders and palms up — “I don’t know”, “who cares”, “not my problem”.
| Official name | Person Shrugging |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+1F937 |
| Shortcode | :shrug: (GitHub, Slack, Discord) |
| HTML entity | 🤷 |
| Unicode version | Emoji 3 (2016) |
| Category | Random People Emoji › Gestures |
| Keywords | doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance, indifference, knows, maybe, person, shrug |
| Also known as | Shrug, IDK |
| Skin tones | 🤷🏻 🤷🏼 🤷🏽 🤷🏾 🤷🏿 |
What does 🤷 mean?
🤷 is the emoji form of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯: uncertainty, indifference, or “what can you do?”. Gendered versions 🤷♀️ and 🤷♂️ are common, and it supports skin tones.
Added in 2016 (Emoji 3.0).
“No idea where the keys went 🤷”“It is what it is 🤷♀️”
How to type 🤷 Person Shrugging
iPhone / iPadOpen the emoji keyboard (🌐 or 😀 key), search “shrug”.
Android (Gboard / Samsung)Tap the emoji key, type “shrug” in the search bar, or go to the Random People Emoji tab.
Windows 10 / 11Press Win + . (period) to open the emoji panel and search “shrug”.
MacPress Ctrl + Cmd + Space and search, or copy it from this page.
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FAQ
Why does 🤷 show as a box or blank square?
Your device is older than Emoji 3 (2016), the release that added Person Shrugging. Update your operating system, or the person you send it to will see ☐ instead.