Do you know the official name for this symbol - #?

[BCRanger10]

Do you know what the formal, official name for the # symbol?

No, it's not "hash tag".

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[TheSpaceGnome]

It means pound weight, so if your weight was 120, it would be #120

it was later used in a general numerical sense, where "#10" would translate to "the number 10" this lead to it being added to phone dials, and simply referred to as pound, pound symbol, or number symbol.

Later it was used as a way to tag things on the internet numerically in lists and coined "hashtag" for its shape, which then resulted in people thinking it was meant as an alternative to @, since @ is the general method of tagging that people on the internet used for terms or names.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yes, I do! It's called an octothorp (I'm not sure if there's a final e on that. I haven't seen the word in about 20 years).

[FunkyMonkee]

QuietRunner also got it right.

[Account]

At work, I call it hash when I speak or write in English and everyone gets it no matter their age/generation. Therefore, it is hash to me.
If I am speaking to someone in one of my native languages it has a different name and the most accurate translation is either hash symbol/mark/sign or pound sign/key.

[SaoirseS]

Octothorpe.

[RavVid]

I think in the US it is often called the pound sign for pounds weight but that is not used elsewhere. It would be written as 10 lb elsewhere not 10 # (if that is how it is indicated in the US).

It should be regarded as a part of the National Character Set which can be a different glyph in every country. # could be officially pound in the US but not anywhere else.

I would tend to think hash is the most common usage across the globe.

[lil_will_12]

dude, you couldve just looked this up on google 😂

[BCRanger10]

Didn't have to. It was the Dictionary App's word of the day.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

1. It's also a symbol for 'number'.

2. It's also a symbol for the 'pound' measure of weight.

[lightbulb27]

Einsteins x's and o's when subjected to quantum gravity.

[NathanDavis]

yes, a few... both in English and Spanish too

[Joshydavid25]

The hash pound..

[BCRanger10]

😄😄😄🙌

[DizzyDesii]

The number sign lol

[CuriousMufuxka]

#? = Confused about hash browns.

[BCRanger10]

😆😆😆

[worldscolide]

Pound on a phone, Number sign in math.

[AviatorTom]

We used to call it a pound symbol...

[exitseven]

It is the pound sign.

[Siri137]

Noughts and crosses.

[ProbablyClueless]

Pound, right?

[dustybiker2]

Pound sign

[dustybiker2]

I can still hear my mother's voice with this one.

[mandyfire98]

Pound

[In_Trance]

Steve

[BCRanger10]

😄😄😄

[Agape93]

Pound

[Dongie]

Number

[Anonymous]

👊 that 💩 bro.

[QuietRunner]

Octothorpe

[4ngelic]

dash?

[XXblack88]

the pound

[sheikalana]

Hash.

[gorydetails]

Pound sign.

[dudeinohio]

Pound sign

[Twalli]

Pound sign

[TallAnon]

The pound sign?