What does 🍡 Dango mean?
Three colored dango dumplings on a skewer in pink, white and green, like the hanami dango eaten during cherry blossom season in Japan. Dango are chewy sweets made from rice flour. The Japanese saying “dango over flowers” jokes about caring more for snacks than scenery. It is also a cute, pastel emoji for spring and anime-style aesthetics.
🍡 Dango is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (asian foods), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about dessert, Japanese, skewer, stick and sweet.
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🍡 Dango on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Dango looks on each platform.
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Dango emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Dango emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🍡 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :dango:.
When was the Dango emoji added?
🍡 Dango was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🍡 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Dango. The underlying code (U+1F361) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.