woman facepalming: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F926 1F3FF 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person shrugging, with a dark skin tone, specifically a woman.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Conveys a sense of uncertainty, indifference, confusion, resignation, or a lack of knowledge/care.
Backstory
The Shrug emoji (U+1F926) was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. The specific skin tone modifiers (U+1F3FF for dark skin tone) and gender components (U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F for female) are part of later Unicode updates (Unicode 6.0 and 4.0 respectively for ZWJ and female sign, with FE0F for variation selector) that allow for customization of emoji to represent diverse individuals.
Usage Examples
- When you literally don't know the answer: 'Where did I put my keys? 🤷🏿♀️'
- Expressing indifference: 'Should we go out or stay in? 🤷🏿♀️'
- Conveying resignation: 'Well, it's done now. 🤷🏿♀️'
- Responding to a rhetorical question: 'Why is it always like this? 🤷🏿♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Widely used to express 'I don't know,' 'whatever,' or 'it is what it is.'
East Asian culture:
May be used similarly, perhaps with slightly less emphasis on indifference and more on genuine uncertainty. Often understood universally given its straightforward gesture.