🤷 Person Shrugging
Copy and paste this emoji: 🤷
Emoji Meaning
1
Someone shrugs their shoulders to show they don’t know—or that they simply don’t care.
2
An asexual person making the classic "I don't know" shrug — as if saying "I have no idea". They're also shown with the shruggie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and mimicking a shoulder shrug.
This emoji works for anyone, regardless of gender. Use it when you genuinely don't have the answer. For example, if someone asks, "What are you doing tomorrow?" and you have no plans, you can reply with 🤷 instead of typing "I don't know".
Also Known As
- 🤷 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- 🤷 Shrug
- 🤷 Shruggie
Apple Name
- 🤷 Person Shrugging
Unicode Name
- 🤷 Shrug
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
🤷 Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+1F937
Shortcodes
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- Emojipedia, Discord
For developers
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%A4%B7 |
| Punycode | xn--wq9h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F A4 B7 |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \uD83E\uDD37 |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001f937 |
| CSS | \01F937 |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1F937} |
| Perl | \x{1F937} |
| HTML hex | 🤷 |
| HTML dec | 🤷 |
Tags: doubt, ignorance, indifference, person shrugging, shrug
Category: People & Body
Subgroup: Gestures & poses