Keycap: # Emoji

Symbols

A blue or grey square keycap featuring the standard hash or pound sign. It replicates the look of a physical button found on traditional touch-tone telephone keypads.

Usage Context

Used to denote hashtags in social media posts, signify numerical values, or indicate a specific function button on a device. It is frequently grouped with *⃣ to represent the navigational commands used in automated phone systems.

History

Part of the initial set of keycap characters added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, this icon was essential for maintaining parity with early digital telephony interfaces that used physical key grids for menu navigation.

Details

Glyph

#⃣

Unicode

U+0023 U+20E3

Shortcode

:emoji_u0023_20e3:

HTML Entity

#⃣

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory keycap

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository