The woman shrugging is the internet’s universal “beats me” sign, equal parts IDK, meh, and it is what it is. She pops up after plot twists, busted plans, questionable takes, or when you’re announcing that the vibes are out of your control. In meme mode, it’s the reaction to unsolved mysteries like “where did my paycheck go?” or “why is Mercury always in retrograde?” People use it sarcastically (“not my circus, not my monkeys”), playfully flirty (“guess I’m trouble ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”), or to soften bad news with a shrug-and-smile cushion.
On Apple/iOS, she’s front-facing with shoulder-length hair, raised shoulders, elbows bent, and palms up and out, eyebrows gently arched over calm eyes, plus a tiny neutral mouth—topped off with the instantly recognizable purple top and clean, simple shading. The whole pose reads like a crisp, textbook “welp,” perfect for low-stakes chaos and high-stakes ambiguity. It’s often paired with “idk,” “oh well,” “above my pay grade,” or used as a one-emoji mic drop when answers are canceled due to vibes. Culturally, it inherits the spirit of the classic text shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and shows up across TikTok comments, Reddit threads, and group chats as the patron saint of ambiguous accountability.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 809 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🤷♀️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 4 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🤷♀️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🤷 ‍ ♀ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🤷 ‍ ♀ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f937, 200d, 2640, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F937, U+200D, U+2640, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129335, 8205, 9792, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0xB7, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x80, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A4 B7, E2 80 8D, E2 99 80, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 244 267, 342 200 215, 342 231 200, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD37, 0x200D, 0x2640, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd37, 200d, 2640, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56631, 8205, 9792, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F937 0x0000200D 0x00002640 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F937, 200D, 2640, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129335, 8205, 9792, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F937\u200D\u2640\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa4\xb7\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x80\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD37\u200D\u2640\uFE0F" |
