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ringing bell

Ringing Bell

There is no standard keyboard key for the ringing bell symbol 🕭; Wingdings maps <code>%</code> to a bell only when that font is applied. In a message, it reads as a literal ding, alert, or summons. Because it is a Unicode text character, a font without its glyph may show an empty box.

Text symbol

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Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 🕭 means

There is no standard keyboard key for 🕭.

In Wingdings, % displays that font’s bell only while the font is applied; in other fonts, % stays a percent sign. This legacy-font mapping does not enter 🕭 as a portable Unicode character.

What does 🕭 mean?

It reads as a ringing bell: an alert, summons, or signal to notice.

Bells long predate this text symbol. A Chinese clapper bell from about 1800–1600 BCE was attached to a horse harness or dog collar. In ancient Greece, bells signaled offerings or guards and served as amulets in protective rituals.

A literal, text-like bell cue.

Some fonts lack 🕭; use words for an alert the recipient must see.

Drift: A 2017 Unicode proposal requested emoji status for 🕭 so its monochrome form could pair more naturally with 🔔.

Don't confuse it with

🔔

Bell

🔔 is the familiar notification bell for an app-style alert; 🕭 reads as a literal ringing-bell character.

Combination ideas

Proposed contrast: a muted bell followed by a ringing bell.

Questions people ask

Why does 🕭 show as a box?

Because the receiving font lacks its glyph. Choose a font that supports it, or write the alert in words if it must be visible.

How to type 🕭

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 1F56D, 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 “ringing bell”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 1f56d, then Enter or Space.

HTML

🕭

CSS

\1F56D

Wingdings

In Wingdings, `%` displays the font’s bell; in other fonts, it remains a percent sign.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

🕭

HTML hex

🕭

CSS content

content: "\1F56D";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%9F%95%AD

On screen

Code points

JS .length

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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