Where it comes from
The box-drawing characters ┐ and ┌ form arms bent upward in a shrug. The mouth is the lowercase Cyrillic д, giving a weary, open-mouthed sigh.
When to use it
Use it when something is out of your control or not worth arguing about. It can sound dismissive, so avoid it when someone is sharing a real problem.
Examples
- Train's late again, nothing I can do ┐(´д｀)┌
- He says he's right, so ┐(´д｀)┌
Variants to copy
What it is made of
Every character in the face with its Unicode code point — handy if one shows up as a box on a friend's phone.
┐
U+2510box drawings light down and left(
U+0028left parenthesis´
U+00B4acute accentд
U+0434cyrillic small letter de｀
U+FF40fullwidth grave accent)
U+0029right parenthesis┌
U+250Cbox drawings light down and right