U+237E · Other symbol
Bell Symbol Symbol ⍾
⍾ is bell symbol, U+237E, in the Miscellaneous Technical block. It was added in Unicode 3.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
What Unicode says about ⍾
from ISO 2047
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+237E | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⍾ | |
| HTML decimal | ⍾ | |
| CSS | \237E | |
| JavaScript | \u{237E} | |
| Python | \U0000237E | |
| Java / C# | \u237E | |
| Rust | \u{237e} | |
| Swift | \u{237E} | |
| PHP | \u{237E} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%8D%BE | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8D BE | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 237E | |
| Base64 | 4o2+ | |
| Decimal | 9086 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 3.0 | |
Will ⍾ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ⍾ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ⍾ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of ⍾ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
Symbols from engineering, electronics and computing: APL operators, keyboard keys, dentistry and cartography marks. The ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ⏎ keys people paste into shortcut documentation live here.
How to type ⍾
| Windows | Type 237E then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “bell symbol” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 237e, press Enter |
| HTML | ⍾ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ⍾ bell symbol symbol?
- On Windows, type 237E and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 237e. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⍾?
- Bell Symbol is U+237E. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⍾?
- Bell Symbol is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Technical block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.0. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.