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Emoji 🤷 (SHRUG): meaning and Unicode code

Meaning of the emoji 🤷 (SHRUG), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

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SHRUG

Information about emoji SHRUG

Unicode Name
SHRUG
Unicode Codepoint
U+1F937
Subcategory
Person Gesture
Slug
shrug

Meaning and description of emoticon 🤷

The 🤷 emoji depicts a person shrugging their shoulders with arms spread. Located in the 'People & Body' section of Unicode.

🤷 conveys a gesture, a bodily reaction, and a readable emotion in motion. 🤷 works best when you need to show a gesture, pose, bodily reaction, or emotionally charged human action. In chat it reads as "the gesture matters here," "a bodily reaction is being read," or "conveying human behavior without a long description." Pairing 🤷 with 👀 💬 ⚡ makes it read more naturally. A typical phrase: "What matters here is the gesture itself and how it shifts the meaning 🤷" — 🤷 shifts the topic in a single symbol. Beneath the surface, gesture emojis often signify not a literal action but the tone, level of engagement, and the person's attitude toward the situation.

Usage Examples 🤷

Usage Examples 🤷
FormatCode
Shortcode (Slack):shrug:
Shortcode (Discord):shrug:
Shortcode (GitHub):shrug:
HTML Dec🤷
HTML Hex🤷
CSScontent: "\1F937";
C, C++, Python\U0001F937
Java, JavaScript & JSON\uD83E\uDD37
Perl\x{1F937}
PHP & Ruby\u{1F937}
Punycodexn--wq9h
URL Escape Code%F0%9F%A4%B7
Bytes (UTF-8)F0 9F A4 B7
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

🤷 usually conveys a gesture, a bodily reaction, and a readable emotion in motion. and belong to the "Person Gesture" topic

👀, 💬, ⚡ often appear alongside 🤷 — they help convey the right tone faster.

Instead of 🤷, you can use 🙋, 🙆, and 👀 when you want a similar idea with a different visual emphasis.

For example: "What matters here is the gesture itself and how it shifts the meaning 🤷" or "The symbol instantly signals a bodily reaction without extra words 🤷".

🤷 fits when you need to show a gesture, pose, bodily reaction, or emotionally charged human action.

In messages, 🤷 usually means "the gesture matters here," "a bodily reaction is being read," or "conveying human behavior without a long description."

The deeper meaning of 🤷 depends on context: gesture emojis often signify not a literal action but the tone, level of engagement, and the person's attitude toward the situation.

🤷 is called shrug; in Unicode it is U+1F937. It belongs to the "People & Body" category and is part of the "Person Gesture" topic.

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