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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]
The modern dagger symbol originated from a variant of the obelus, originally depicted by a plain line −, or a line with one or two dots ⨪ ÷. [7] It represented an iron roasting spit, a dart, or the sharp end of a javelin, [8] symbolizing the skewering or cutting out of dubious matter.
DAGGER U+2020: Po, other Common ‡ DOUBLE DAGGER ... DAGGER WITH LEFT GUARD U+2E36: Po, other ... TAI VIET SYMBOL HO HOI U+AADE: Po, other
English: Dagger and double-dagger symbols in various fonts (Unicode: U+2020 dagger, U+2021 double dagger). Used fonts: DejaVu Sans, Times New Roman, LTC Remington Typewriter, Garamond, Old English Text MT. SVG version
Registered trademark symbol: Trademark symbol ※ Reference mark: Asterisk, Dagger: Footnote ¤ Scarab (non-Unicode name) ('Scarab' is an informal name for the generic currency sign) § Section sign: section symbol, section mark, double-s, 'silcrow' Pilcrow; Semicolon: Colon ℠ Service mark symbol: Trademark symbol / Slash (non-Unicode name ...
Visually, it depends on the font. The ones I've looked at generally have a longer descender on the dagger than the cross. Beyond that, U+2020 † DAGGER is classified in Unicode as a punctuation mark while U+271D LATIN CROSS is classified as a symbol and its default presentation is emoji. DRMcCreedy 00:26, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
It is common practice to follow the section sign with a non-breaking space so that the symbol is kept with the section number being cited. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] : 212, 233 The section sign is itself sometimes a symbol of the justice system, [ a ] [ citation needed ] in much the same way as the Rod of Asclepius is used to represent medicine.
Symbol Name Symbol(s) Meaning Example of Use Dele: Delete: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ Begin new paragraph: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ no: Remove paragraph break: Caret [a] (Unicode U+2038, 2041, 2380) ‸ or ⁁ or ⎀ Insert # Insert space: Close up (Unicode U+2050) ⁐ Tie words together, eliminating a space: I was reading the news⁐paper ...