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. Commonly associated with hanami (flower viewing), especially during cherry blossom season.

Resembles the 🍢 Oden and is featured in the 🎑 Moon Viewing Ceremony, used in the Japanese festival celebrating the full moon. 

Samsung’s initial design depicted an orange top ball, while some other vendors, including Apple, Google, and Microsoft previously had their top ball colored purple.

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