Back خنجرية Arabic Xəncər (işarə) Azerbaijani Обелиск (типография) Bulgarian Obelisc (símbol) Catalan Křížek (znak úmrtí) Czech Obelisk (typografi) Danish Kreuz (Schriftzeichen) German Σταυρός (τυπογραφία) Greek Obeluso (tipografio) Esperanto Obelisco (tipografía) Spanish
| † ‡ ⸸ | |
|---|---|
Dagger | |
| In Unicode | U+2020 † DAGGER (†) U+2021 ‡ DOUBLE DAGGER (‡, ‡) U+2E38 ⸸ TURNED DAGGER |
| Different from | |
| Different from | U+271D ✝ LATIN CROSS U+2628 ☨ CROSS OF LORRAINE |
| Related | |
| See also | U+2E4B ⹋ TRIPLE DAGGER |
A dagger, obelisk, or obelus † is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used.[1] The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages).[2] It is one of the modern descendants of the obelus, a mark used historically by scholars as a critical or highlighting indicator in manuscripts. In older texts, it is called an obelisk.[3][a]
A double dagger, or diesis, ‡ is a variant with two hilts and crossguards that usually marks a third footnote after the asterisk and dagger.[5] The triple dagger ⹋ is a variant with three crossguards and is used by medievalists to indicate another level of notation.[6]
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