Unicode Character "#" (U+0023)

The character # (Number Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0023. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as #.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Number Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+0023
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class European Terminator (ET)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0023 Conversion

HTML (decimal) #
HTML (hex) #
HTML (named) #
URL Escape Code %23
CSS \000023
JavaScript, JSON \u0023
C, C++, Java \u0023
Python \u0023
Rust \u{0023}
Ruby \u0023

How to type "#"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 2 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 2 3. Release Alt.

Preview

  • #
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • #
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • #
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x23
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0023
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000023

Characters based on "#" (U+0023)

References