| Character | † |
| Name | Dagger |
| Unicode Code Point | U+2020 |
| Decimal Value | 8224 |
| Hex Value | 0x2020 |
| Category | Punctuation |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+0134 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 2020 + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | † |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | † / † |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\2020"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{2020}" |
Dagger is a typographic punctuation mark used in professional publishing and formal writing to replace the plain ASCII approximations (like straight quotes or a hyphen) that typewriters were limited to.
Unicode block: General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F). This block holds the "smart" typographic punctuation — proper quotation marks, en/em dashes, ellipses, and spacing marks — that go beyond what a physical typewriter keyboard could produce.
At Unicode code point U+2020 (decimal 8224), Dagger is the 33rd of 111 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Windows Alt code, though no dedicated single-key Mac shortcut — Mac users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: Web fonts generally support this character well, but older or narrow icon fonts sometimes fall back to a missing-glyph box — verify before publishing.
Hold Alt and type 0134 on the numeric keypad.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity † in your HTML.
On Windows, hold Alt and type 0134 on the numeric keypad (with Num Lock on), or copy † from this page and paste it with Ctrl+V.
There is no dedicated Mac shortcut for Dagger. Copy † from this page and paste it with Command+V.
Dagger (†) is Unicode U+2020, decimal 8224.
Use the HTML entity †, or the numeric code † (hex †).