What's the HTML character entity for the # sign?

Question

What\'s the HTML character entity for the # sign? I\'ve looked around for \"pound\" (keeps returning the currency), and \"hash\" and \"number\", but what I try doesn\'t seem to

Answer 1

# is the best option because it is the only one that doesn't include the # (hash) in it. Supported by old browsers or not, it is the best practice going forward.

(What is the point of encoding something using the same symbol you are encoding?)