Number sign Emoji

Symbols

A classic grid of two horizontal bars intersected by two slanted vertical lines. This represents the familiar symbol found on the bottom right of nearly every standard telephone keypad.

Usage Context

Used globally to denote a number or a pound weight, but its primary function in the digital age is as a hashtag to categorize social media posts. It is frequently tapped during automated phone menus to confirm an entry, often alongside * or 0⃣.

History

The symbol was historically used in handwriting to abbreviate the word 'number.' Its role exploded with the rise of touch-tone telephony in the 1960s, eventually being adopted by early internet relay chat systems to label channels, which paved the way for its modern social media popularity.

Details

Glyph

Unicode

U+0023

Shortcode

:emoji_u0023:

HTML Entity

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory math-symbol

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

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