shrug

gesture indicating an individual does not know an answer to a question, or does not care about something
Thing gesture Q340709
shrug
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shrug

Summary

shrug is a gesture[1]. shrug draws 132 Wikipedia views per month (gesture category, ranking #14 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • shrug's image is recorded as Shrug.jpg[3].
  • shrug's instance of is recorded as gesture[4].
  • shrug's has use is recorded as communication[5].
  • shrug's Commons category is recorded as Shrugging[6].
  • shrug's Unicode character is recorded as 🤷[7].
  • shrug's has part is recorded as elevation[8].
  • shrug's has part is recorded as supination[9].
  • shrug's has part is recorded as flexion[10].
  • shrug's has part is recorded as external rotation[11].
  • shrug's has part is recorded as dorsiflexion[12].
  • shrug's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06trdz[13].
  • shrug's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': '¯\(ツ)/¯'}[14].
  • shrug's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 74007976[15].
  • shrug's KBpedia ID is recorded as Shrugging-Gesture[16].
  • shrug's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 07288629-n[17].

Why It Matters

shrug draws 132 Wikipedia views per month (gesture category, ranking #14 of 27).[2] shrug has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] shrug is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). shrug. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shrug
MLA “shrug.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shrug.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shrug_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shrug}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shrug}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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