🤷 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”. +add

This emoji has other gender variations: 🤷‍♂️ Man Shrugging, 🤷‍♀️ Woman Shrugging.

See also Related Emojis 🤦, 🤳, 🤷‍♀️, 🤷‍♂️…

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Examples of using

Popular phrases with 🤷 Person Shrugging Emoji to use in messengers and web:

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• I do not know how to help you 🤷
• I have no idea what to do 🤷
• Life is life 🤷
• Ok. But that’s just my opinion 🤷
• Who cares 🤷
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Kaomojis & Combinations

Kaomojis are popular in Japan to share emotions and situations using Japanese grammar punctuations and characters. Like this: ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯! You can use this creative style in messengers and web to impress your friends.

Combinations are just a bunch of emojis placed together, like this: 🍱🤷🍕. You can use combos to make riddles or messaging without words. Here are some relevant Kaomojis and Combinations related to 🤷 Person Shrugging Emoji:

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• 🍱🤷🍕

   — Which food to choose?

• 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦🤷

   — He chose not me, but his

• 🤷‍♂️🎙️

   — Let’s go karaoke today?

• 📺🤷‍♀️🎞️

   — TV or Movie?

• 😘🤷‍♀️

   — May not need

• ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
• ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• ┐(‘～` )┌
• ┐(￣∀￣)┌
• ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌
• ╮( ˘ ､ ˘ )╭
• ╮(︶▽︶)╭
• ヽ( ￣д￣)ノ
• ヽ(´ー` )┌
• ヽ(￣～￣ )ノ
• ヽ(ー_ー )ノ
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Modifiers

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• 🤷🏻

  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

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Look across different devices

Emojis may look different across platforms. Every web service, OS or gadgets’ manufacturer may create Emojis design according to their own corporate style and vision. Here you can check out how 🤷 Person Shrugging Emoji looks like on most popular platforms:

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