Dagger (mark)
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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][lower-alpha 1]
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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 |
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See also | U+2E4B ⹋ TRIPLE DAGGER |
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]