U+2407 "␇" Symbol for Bell Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␇
U+2407 "␇" Symbol for Bell is a graphical representation of the control character known as BEL, originally used in teletype and early computer systems to trigger an audible alert or ring a physical bell. This symbol, part of the Control Pictures block of Unicode, serves as a visual placeholder for the non printing ASCII control character with code point 0x07, allowing it to be displayed in documentation, debugging tools, or user interfaces where the actual control code cannot be rendered as a sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2407 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for Bell |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for Bell |
| Block | Control Pictures |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ␇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ␇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x90 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2407 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002407 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2407 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |