🍡 Dango

Emoji Meaning

A Japanese sweet dumpling made from rice flour and served on a skewer. Depicted as a botchan dango, comprising a pink, white or light yellow, and green ball, as colored by red beans, egg, and green tea. Resembles the Oden and featured in the Moon Viewing Ceremony, used in the Japanese festival to celebrate the full moon.

Dango was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.