What does 🤷 mean?
Shrug: I don't know, I don't care, it is what it is.
Its official Unicode name is SHRUG and its CLDR short name is "person shrugging" (in Hungarian: "vállrándítás"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- doubt
- dunno
- guess
- idk
- ignorance
- indifference
- knows
- maybe
- person
- shrug
In Hungarian: közömbös, nem érdekel, rándít, váll
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🤷 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F937. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SHRUG
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- vállrándítás
- English name (CLDR)
- person shrugging
- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Group
- People & Body · person gesture
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :shrug:
Related emojis
- Person gesturing NO
- Person gesturing OK
- Person tipping hand
- Person raising hand
- Person bowing
- Person facepalming
- Person frowning
- Man frowning
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤷 emoji mean?
Shrug: I don't know, I don't care, it is what it is.
How do I type the 🤷 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "doubt".
When was the 🤷 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Does 🤷 come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.