🤷 Person Shrugging

Meaning

Person Shrugging emoji (Shrug Emoji) is the picture of the person, who shrugs the shoulders — in most cases, this person is a 👧 Girl with white skin and blond or 🌰 Chestnut hair. This bodily movement or gesture is the worldly recognized symbol of unknowing or not understanding something — and this is exactly in what meaning this emoji is normally used. It may serve instead of an answer to some question; it may be a sign of confusion, and a symbol of someone’s state of mind in a certain situation. Also, the “shrugging” emoji are often used as a synonym for “life is life”.

Examples of using

“I do not know how to help you 🤷”
“I have no idea what to do 🤷”
“Life is life 🤷”

Unicode symbol

U+1F937

Modifiers

🤷🏻 Person Shrugging — Light skin tone
🤷🏼 Person Shrugging — Medium-light skin tone
🤷🏽 Person Shrugging — Medium skin tone
🤷🏾 Person Shrugging — Medium-dark skin tone
🤷🏿 Person Shrugging — Dark skin tone

Say it with ASCII

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