Meaning
Its official Unicode name is person shrugging, filed under gestures in the people & body group. Keyboards find it when you search for “doubt”, “dunno”, “guess”, “idk”, “ignorance”, “indifference”. It supports five skin-tone variants.
Mix 🤷 with another emoji
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person shrugging + face savoring food- +
person shrugging + lying face - +
person shrugging + smiling face with tear - +
person shrugging + face exhaling
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