10 strokes
                                                    
                        Jouyou kanji
            Taught in 11th grade
    
                                            beam, girder, spar, unit or column (accounting)
Kun'yomi
- け - た - column ②digit 
On'yomi
- コウ 
Character Breakdown
beam, girder, spar
けた コウ (11th)
Common Words
                                    well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends ②pattern resembling the symbol # ③number sign
                                
                            References
| Unicode hex code | 6841 | 
| JIS X 0208 | 1-23-69 | 
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 2250 | 
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 2656 | 
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 1165 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 839 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 2483 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 956 | 
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 14754 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 1691 | 
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 4a6.8 | 
| Four corner code | 4192.1 |