| Character | ‡ |
| Name | Double Dagger |
| Unicode Code Point | U+2021 |
| Decimal Value | 8225 |
| Hex Value | 0x2021 |
| Category | Punctuation |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+0135 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 2021 + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ‡ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ‡ / ‡ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\2021"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{2021}" |
Double 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+2021 (decimal 8225), Double Dagger is the 34th 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: Most word processors auto-convert the plain ASCII equivalent into this character as you type (a feature usually called "smart" or "curly" quotes/dashes) — check Autocorrect settings if you need to disable that.
Hold Alt and type 0135 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.