Unicode Character "†" (U+2020)

The character † (Dagger) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2020. It is encoded in the General Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as †.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Dagger
Unicode Codepoint U+2020
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block General Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2020 Conversion

HTML (decimal) †
HTML (hex) †
HTML (named) †
URL Escape Code %E2%80%A0
CSS \002020
JavaScript, JSON \u2020
C, C++, Java \u2020
Python \u2020
Rust \u{2020}
Ruby \u2020

How to type "†"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 2 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 2 0. Release Alt.

Preview

  • †
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • †
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • †
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x80 0xA0
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2020
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002020

References