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bell symbol

Bell symbol

⍾ is the bell symbol for BEL, a computer control code that requests an audible alert. Its outline can suggest a tiny mushroom or a door buzzer, so it is an obscure choice when an everyday warning must be unmistakable.

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BEL control code · bell symbol meaning · ⍾ meaning · bell-shaped computer sign
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⍾ means

It represents BEL, the control code for an audible alert. ISO 2047 (1975) included ⍾ in a set of printable graphics for control codes—commands that usually do not appear as text.

During a 1998 discussion about Unicode symbols, an editor noted that the outline could also look like a tiny mushroom or a door buzzer. Those are informal visual readings, not additional standard meanings.

A niche technical mark with a bell-like shape; its control-code history is more specific than its everyday reading.

For a clear everyday warning, choose a familiar bell symbol; ⍾ can read as a computer-code mark.

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Questions people ask

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Why does ⍾ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type ⍾

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 237E, then Alt+X to get ⍾.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “bell symbol”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 237e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⍾
CSS
\237E
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⍾
HTML hex
⍾
CSS content
content: "\237E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8D%BE
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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