Dango is the pastel snack squad on a stick—three chewy rice dumplings lined up like a tiny dessert parade. It screams hanami vibes, calling to mind cherry blossoms, spring festivals, and that one anime scene where everyone suddenly eats something adorable. In chats, it’s the go-to for “snack time,” “soft aesthetic,” or a playful peace offering: here, have carbs on a stick and let’s not fight. People drop it with uwu energy, cottagecore captions, or when planning a cozy watch party with sweets. On iOS, the emoji shows a wooden skewer with three glossy mochi rounds—pink on top, white in the middle, green at the bottom—angled diagonally with soft gradients and a gentle shine, no face, just pure, chewy serenity. It doubles as a pastel palette flex and a low-key flirty move (“you’re as cute as dango” lands surprisingly well). Cultural note: this tri-color combo is classic hanami dango, often linked to sakura (blossoms), snow’s last traces, and fresh greenery—aka spring’s glow-up. And yes, people confuse it with boba; kindly remind them this is mochi-on-a-stick, not a drink with a side quest.
Definition
Dango is a Japanese food that is traditionally served with green tea. A dango is a skewer (pointy wood stick) with rice balls (mochi) on it. Dumplings on a skewer. Dango can come in many different flavors. The Apple version emoji is a Hanami dango identified by its three colors. Hanami dango is most popular during spring flower blooming in Japan.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
280 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:dango:
Keywords
Dango, Japanese, Dumpling, Mochi, Balls, Skewer
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Editorial Comment
Mochi balls on a skewer. iEmoji old name: Dumpling
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Foods
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Names & Annotations
DANGO Old name: DUMPLING = mochi balls on skewer
Symbol Information
U+1F361 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-968
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[だんご]
KDDI
#427 だんご 「dango」 U+EAB2 SJIS-F386 JIS-7966
Softbank
#174 #old330 おだんご 「odango」 U+E33C SJIS-F9DC
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🍡
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🍡
Decimal HTML Entity
🍡
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🍡
Hex Code Point(s)
1f361
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F361
Decimal Code Point(s)
127841
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0xA1
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8D A1
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 215 241
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF61
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf61
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57185
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F361
UTF-32 Hex
01F361
UTF-32 Dec
127841
Python Src
u"\U0001F361"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8d\xa1"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF61"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
