Dagger symbol
Type :dagger_symbol: · Punctuation
Unicode name Dagger · General Punctuation block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What † is for
A footnote mark, and the second one in the traditional sequence after the asterisk. In some reference works it also marks a person as deceased or a word as obsolete, so context decides what it is telling you.
How to type †
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:dagger_symbol: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + T
Windows
Alt + 0134
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:dagger_symbol: :dagger: On the web
HTML †
Unicode U+2020
JavaScript '\u{2020}'
CSS "\2020"
Python '\u2020'
URL %E2%80%A0
What † gets mistaken for
The next mark in the sequence, for the third footnote on a page.
More from punctuation
:dots: • :dot: · :middle_dot: ‣ :triangular_bullet: ¶ :paragraph_pilcrow: § :section: ‡ :double_dagger: ‽ :interrobang_symbol: ¡ :inverted_exclamation: ¿ :inverted_question: “ :left_double_quote: ” :right_double_quote: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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