Person Shrugging
🤷 is a person shrugging. It means “I don't know”, “I don't care” or “whatever happens, happens”.
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Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- SHRUG
- CLDR short name
- person shrugging
- Codepoint
- U+1F937
- Hex
- 1F937
- Emoji version
- 3.0
- Unicode version
- 9.0
- First released
- 2016
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- person-gesture
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:shrug:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRdoubt · dunno · guess · idk · ignorance · indifference · knows · maybe · person · shrug · shrugging · whatever · who
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How it looks
Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)
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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork
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Questions people ask
- What does the 🤷 person shrugging emoji mean?
- 🤷 is a person shrugging. It means “I don't know”, “I don't care” or “whatever happens, happens”.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤷?
- U+1F937, named SHRUG in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the 🤷 person shrugging emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 3.0, published in 2016, alongside Unicode 9.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type 🤷 on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “person shrugging”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🤷 from this page with one click.
- Does 🤷 come in different skin tones?
- Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: 🤷🏻 🤷🏼 🤷🏽 🤷🏾 🤷🏿. They all mean the same thing; long-press 🤷 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
- What is the shortcode for 🤷?
- On GitHub, type :shrug: and it turns into 🤷 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.