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Expressing ignorance or lack of knowledge
I have no idea what happened 🤷♂️
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Man shrugging
The Man Shrugging emoji 🤷♂️ depicts a man with raised shoulders and outstretched hands, palms facing upwards. It's a visual representation of a shrug, conveying a lack of knowledge, understanding, c...
Meaning & Usage
The Man Shrugging emoji 🤷♂️ depicts a man with raised shoulders and outstretched hands, palms facing upwards. It's a visual representation of a shrug, conveying a lack of knowledge, understanding, care, or concern about a particular issue. The emoji is used to express uncertainty, indifference, or helplessness in response to a question, situation, or statement. It can also imply 'I don't know' or 'I don't care.' The Man Shrugging emoji is a gender-specific variation of the Shrugging Person emoji. It was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016.
Usage Contexts
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Showing indifference or lack of concern
I guess it doesn't matter to me 🤷♂️
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Admitting helplessness or inability to act
There's nothing I can do about it 🤷♂️
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Conveying sarcasm or flippancy
Oh well, what can you do? 🤷♂️
Platform Appearances
ℹ️ All images shown are from open-licensed sources (Apache 2.0, MIT, CC-BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0) and are free to use.
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Omuz silken erkek
Türkçe
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Schulterzuckender Mann
Deutsch
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Homme qui hausse les épaules
Français
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कंधा उचकाता पुरुष
हिन्दी
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رجل لا يبالي
العربية
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Мужчина пожимает плечами
Русский
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کندھے اچکاتا ہوا مرد
اردو
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Pria mengangkat bahu
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Người đàn ông nhún vai
Tiếng Việt
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ผู้ชายยักไหล่
ไทย
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مرد شانه بالا میاندازد
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Mutum ɗagawa kafaɗa
Hausa
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ወንድ አለማወቅ
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Mwanamume Anayekunja Mabega
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ছেলেদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো
বাংলা
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ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသား
မြန်မာ
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Yelkalarini Qisayotgan Erkak
Oʻzbek
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बेफिकीर पुरुष
मराठी
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తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న పురుషుడు
తెలుగు
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Wong Lanang Ngangkat Bahu
Jawa
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Mirov milên xwe hej dike
Kurdî
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Nagkikibit-Balikat na Lalaki
Filipino
Usage Tips
Use with questions
The shrugging man is great for responding to questions when you don't know the answer.
Show uncertainty
Use to show you're not sure about something.
Avoid overuse
Overusing this emoji can make you seem dismissive or uncaring.
Developer Codes
U+1F937-200D-2642-FE0F
🤷-200D-2642-FE0F;
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