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🤷🏽♂️ man shrugging emoji
The man shrugging emoji 🤷🏽♂️ depicts a man raising his shoulders in a shrug. It is used to express doubt, uncertainty, indifference, or not knowing an answer. In conversations, it can convey “I don’t know,” “maybe,” or “whatever” without a detailed explanation.
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- Category
- People & Body
- Unicode version
- 9.0
- Release year
- 2016
- Unicode sequence
- U+1F937 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Emoji version
- 4.0
What does 🤷🏽♂️ mean?
A man shrugging, depicted as a cartoon-style figure with raised shoulders, open hands, and a neutral facial expression. The gesture conveys uncertainty, indifference, or a lack of knowledge. This emoji is part of the People & Body category, specifically within the person-gesture subcategory, and is differentiated by gender (🤷♂️ for man, 🤷 for person, 🤷♀️ for woman).
Common uses
- Expressing uncertainty or lack of knowledge: 'I have no idea what happened 🤷♂️'
- Indicating indifference or not caring: 'I don't really mind where we eat 🤷♂️'
- Responding to a situation with a casual attitude: 'He didn't show up again 🤷♂️'
In a message
The meeting was canceled, but no one told me 🤷♂️
I tried to fix it, but it's beyond my expertise 🤷♂️
He asked if I wanted to go out, and I just shrugged 🤷♂️
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What does 🤷🏽♂️ mean?
A man shrugging, depicted as a cartoon-style figure with raised shoulders, open hands, and a neutral facial expression. The gesture conveys uncertainty, indifference, or a lack of knowledge. This emoji is part of the People & Body category, specifically within the person-gesture subcategory, and is differentiated by gender (🤷♂️ for man, 🤷 for person, 🤷♀️ for woman).
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