number sign
Grid-shaped typographic mark
Number sign is the name for the symbol #, also called pound sign, hash, or hashtag.
It marks numbers: ticket #47.
On phones, it's the pound key.
In computing, it often indicates comments or special commands.
On social media, it precedes hashtags: #throwbackthursday.
In music, it's the sharp symbol.
- octothorpeName for #
- hashtagLabeled link for posts
- special characterNon-letter, non-digit typographic mark
- special charactersNon-letter, non-digit marks
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
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- punctuationperiod, comma, colon, apostrophe, semicolon
- symbolssymbols, runes, symbol, asterisks, national symbol
- sign languagefingerspelling, ASL, handshape, BSL, ASL alphabet
- math symbolsplus, minus, equals, divide, multiply
- grawlix symbolsasterisk, ampersand, hash, skull, spiral
typographical symbol function
number signasterisk
Typographical reference mark
at sign · ampersand · dollar sign · percent sign · caret
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