Bell emoji meaning

The bell emoji shows a simple image of a bell, often golden or bronze in color, with a clapper hanging in its center. This emoji is used to represent bells and their many associations, such as ringing sounds, alerts, notifications, warnings, and different kinds of bells like church bells, doorbells, or even the festive bells of Christmas. It is commonly used to symbolize the start or end of an event, or as a way to grab someone's attention. The bell has long been a symbol of communication, tradition, and celebration, and this emoji carries those same connections in digital conversations.

The bell emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026