Hatching is an artistic technique for shading. It may also refer to:

The crosshatch symbol or number sign Crossed letter, an overwritten document Hatching (heraldry), a system for depicting armory in monochrome An animal escaping its egg after incubation

Film The Hatching, a 2014 British black horror comedy film Hatching (film), a 2022 Finnish horror film

See also Hatch (disambiguation) Hatchling Map symbol; use of hatching and cross-hatching in cartography