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Expressing ignorance or lack of knowledge
I have no idea what happened to the keys 🤷♀️
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Woman shrugging
The Woman Shrugging emoji 🤷♀️ depicts a woman with raised shoulders and upturned hands, indicating a lack of knowledge, understanding, or concern about something. It's a visual representation of the...
Meaning & Usage
The Woman Shrugging emoji 🤷♀️ depicts a woman with raised shoulders and upturned hands, indicating a lack of knowledge, understanding, or concern about something. It's a visual representation of the gesture of shrugging. Primarily, it conveys feelings of ignorance, indifference, uncertainty, or helplessness in a situation. It can also imply a sense of 'I don't know' or 'I don't care.' The emoji is part of the gendered variations of the Shrugging emoji. It was introduced as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016.
Usage Contexts
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Showing indifference or lack of concern
They didn't invite me, but 🤷♀️, I didn't want to go anyway.
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Conveying uncertainty or doubt
I'm not sure if this is going to work 🤷♀️
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Signaling helplessness or resignation
I tried my best, but there's nothing more I can 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 kadın
Türkçe
🇩🇪
Schulterzuckende Frau
Deutsch
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Femme qui hausse les épaules
Français
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महिला का कंधा उचकाना
हिन्दी
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سيدة لا تبالي
العربية
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Женщина пожимает плечами
Русский
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کندھے اچکاتی ہوئی عورت
اردو
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Wanita mengangkat bahu
Bahasa Indonesia
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Người phụ nữ nhún vai
Tiếng Việt
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ผู้หญิงยักไหล่
ไทย
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زن شانه بالا میاندازد
فارسی
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Mace ɗagawa kafaɗa
Hausa
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ሴት አለማወቅ
አማርኛ
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Mwanamke Akikunjakunja Mabega
Kiswahili
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মেয়েদের কাঁধ ঝাঁকানো
বাংলা
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ပခုံးတွန့်နေသူ အမျိုးသမီး
မြန်မာ
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Ayol Yelka Qisishi
Oʻzbek
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बेफिकीर महिला
मराठी
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తెలియదని సైగ చేస్తున్న స్త్రీ
తెలుగు
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Wanita Ngangkat Bahu
Jawa
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Jina mil dihejîne
Kurdî
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Babaeng Nagkikibit Balikat
Filipino
Usage Tips
Use for playful ambiguity
The shrugging emoji is perfect for adding a touch of lightheartedness to a conversation where you want to express uncertainty without sounding overly negative.
Avoid overuse
While versatile, overuse of the shrugging emoji can make you seem dismissive or uninterested. Use it sparingly and appropriately.
Consider the audience
Be mindful of your audience. In formal settings, it might be better to express uncertainty with words rather than emojis.
Developer Codes
U+1F937-200D-2640-FE0F
🤷-200D-2640-FE0F;
\1F937-200D-2640-FE0F
\u{1F937-200D-2640-FE0F}