What 벨 means
It names a bell or the sound it makes.
The Hangul alphabet was designed to make Korean easier to write than systems such as Idu, which adapted Chinese characters for Korean. Its creation is recorded in 1443; a guide to the alphabet appeared in 1446. 벨 joins initial consonant ㅂ, vowel ㅔ, and final consonant ㄹ into one syllable block.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings전화벨
A telephone bell or ring.
비상벨
An emergency alarm bell.
Questions people ask
1What does 벨 mean when sent alone?
Usually “bell” or the sound of one. Alone, 벨 does not say whether it means a phone bell, an emergency bell, or another kind.
How to type 벨
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BCA8, then Alt+X to get 벨.
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 “hangul syllable bel”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bca8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
벨CSS
\BCA8Korean IME
Enter ㅂ, then ㅔ, then ㄹ; the input method assembles them as 벨.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
벨
HTML hex
벨
CSS content
content: "\BCA8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B2%A8
1
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.