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Shrug Emoji

People & Body Unicode 3.0

πŸ“‹ Copy & Code

Emoji 🀷
With name 🀷 Shrug
Shortcode :shrug:
Unicode U+1F937
HTML Dec 🤷
HTML Hex 🤷
CSS \1F937
C, C++ & Python \U0001f937
Java, JS & JSON \uD83E\uDD37
Perl \x{1F937}
PHP & Ruby \u{1F937}
URL Escape %F0%9F%A4%B7

πŸ’‘ What does 🀷 mean?

When someone drops 🀷 into a message, the intent is usually tied to Person Gesture. As part of the Person Gesture group within People & Body, it fills a specific niche that text alone can't easily convey β€” adding visual context in an instant.

Works great in casual chats, social media captions, and reactions. Pair it with related emojis for richer expression.

First introduced in Unicode 3.0.

πŸ’¬ Chat Examples

Here's how the Shrug emoji 🀷 is used in real conversations:

Why did the server crash? 🀷
🀷 no idea
Helpful as always πŸ€·πŸ˜‚

πŸ–ΌοΈ Shrug on Different Platforms

Shrug on Apple Apple
Shrug on Google Google
Shrug on Twitter / X Twitter / X
Shrug on Facebook Facebook
Shrug on Microsoft Fluent Microsoft Fluent
Shrug on Microsoft 3D Microsoft 3D
Shrug on Samsung Samsung
Shrug on WhatsApp WhatsApp
Shrug on JoyPixels JoyPixels
Shrug on Telegram Telegram
Shrug on OpenMoji OpenMoji
Shrug on Noto Emoji Noto Emoji
🀷 Your Browser

πŸ”— Word Associations

The 🀷 emoji is often associated with:

shrug person-gesture

⌨️ How to type 🀷

Windows
Win + . β†’ search "shrug"
Mac
Cmd + Ctrl + Space
Linux
Ctrl + . (GNOME)
Mobile
Emoji keyboard πŸ”€

Or simply copy from this page!

🎨 Skin Tone Variants

🀷 🀷🏻 🀷🏼 🀷🏽 🀷🏾 🀷🏿

πŸ‘₯ Related Emojis

πŸ‘‹ Waving Hand Sign 🀚 Raised Back Of Hand πŸ–οΈ Hand With Fingers Splayed βœ‹ Raised Hand πŸ–– Raised Hand With Part Between Middle And Ring Fingers 🫱 Rightwards Hand 🫲 Leftwards Hand 🫳 Palm Down Hand 🫴 Palm Up Hand 🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand 🫸 Rightwards Pushing Hand πŸ‘Œ Ok Hand Sign

πŸ“¦ Other person-gesture Emojis

πŸ™… Face With No Good Gesture πŸ™† Face With Ok Gesture πŸ™β€β™‚οΈ Man Frowning πŸ™†β€β™€οΈ Woman Gesturing Ok πŸ§β€β™‚οΈ Deaf Man πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ Man Facepalming πŸ™Ž Person With Pouting Face πŸ™ Person Frowning πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Woman Shrugging πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ Man Tipping Hand

🌍 🀷 Shrug In Other Languages

Discover the name of the 🀷 emoji in various languages:

Arabic Ω„Ψ§ Ω…Ψ¨Ψ§Ω„Ψ§Ψ©
Chinese θ€Έθ‚©
Chinese (Traditional) 聳肩
French personne qui hausse les Γ©paules
German schulterzuckende Person
Hindi ΰ€•ΰ€‚ΰ€§ΰ€Ύ ΰ€‰ΰ€šΰ€•ΰ€Ύΰ€€ΰ€Ύ ΰ€΅ΰ₯ΰ€―ΰ€•ΰ₯ΰ€€ΰ€Ώ
Italian persona che scrolla le spalle
Japanese γŠζ‰‹δΈŠγ’γ™γ‚‹δΊΊ
Korean μ–΄κΉ¨λ₯Ό μœΌμ“±ν•˜λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒ
Portuguese pessoa dando de ombros
Spanish persona encogida de hombros
Turkish omuz silkme
Vietnamese người nhún vai
Russian Ρ‡Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ ΠΏΠΎΠΆΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅Ρ‚ ΠΏΠ»Π΅Ρ‡Π°ΠΌΠΈ
Thai ฒักไหΰΈ₯่

Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)

❓ FAQ

What does the Shrug emoji 🀷 mean?
The Shrug emoji 🀷 is part of the People & Body category (person-gesture group). It was added in Unicode 3.0 and is available on all major platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows.
How do I copy the Shrug emoji?
Click the "Copy 🀷" button at the top of this page, or click any copy button next to the format you need (emoji, shortcode, HTML entity, or Unicode).
What is the shortcode for 🀷?
The shortcode is :shrug:. You can use it on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
πŸ“ Open Emoji Text Editor β†’