What does ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone mean?

๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ is the Person Shrugging emoji (๐Ÿคท) with a medium-dark skin tone (๐Ÿพ, Fitzpatrick type 5) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.

Shoulders raised, palms turned up: the universal shrug. It means I donโ€™t know, whatever, it is what it is, or I donโ€™t care, and it works for uncertainty, indifference or accepting a situation you canโ€™t change. It is the emoji counterpart of the popular text shrug and softens a vague answer with a touch of humor. It comes in five skin tones.

๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (people gesturing), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about doubt, dunno, guess, idk, ignorance and indifference.

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๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more

The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone looks on each platform.

Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone emoji on Apple
AppleiPhone, iPad & Mac
Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone emoji on Google
GoogleAndroid & Gmail
Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone emoji on Microsoft
MicrosoftWindows & Teams
Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone emoji on X / Twitter
X / TwitterTwemoji

Person Shrugging in every skin tone

Default (yellow)
Light skin tone
Medium-light skin tone
Medium skin tone
Medium-dark skin tone
Dark skin tone
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Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers

How do I copy and paste the Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone emoji?

Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.

When was the Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone emoji added?

๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.

Does the Person Shrugging emoji come in different skin tones?

Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐Ÿคท, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿป ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.

Why does ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพ look different on my phone?

Every platform draws its own artwork for Person Shrugging: Medium-Dark Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F937 U+1F3FE) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโ€™s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.

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