Double Dagger Symbol (‡)

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Unicode Character
Unicode Hex
U+2021
HTML Entity
Decimal Code
8225

About the Double Dagger Symbol

Last reviewed on August 3, 2026

The Double Dagger symbol (‡) is one of the punctuation and special characters in the AllSymbols catalog. It is one of the typographic punctuation marks that fall outside the standard keyboard layout but appear constantly in well-set prose. These characters live across General Punctuation, Latin-1 Supplement, and a few other Unicode blocks.

Where this character is used

Using the proper typographic character — smart quotes, the en dash for ranges, the em dash for asides, the real ellipsis — is the difference between text that reads as professionally set and text that reads as raw input. The keyboard substitutes (straight quotes, three periods, the hyphen-minus) are signals of unedited writing.

Code references

In Unicode, Double Dagger sits at code point U+2021. Web pages reference it with the HTML numeric entity ‡; CSS rules reference it as a quoted hex escape (the four-digit code prefixed with a backslash); in JavaScript and most modern source-code contexts you can either paste the literal character or use a Unicode escape with the same hex digits.

Rendering and font support

Most word processors substitute these automatically; on the web you usually need to insert them or rely on a typography library. Preserve them when copying between editors — some plain-text fields will silently downgrade smart quotes to straight ones.

Related characters

If Double Dagger isn’t quite what you need, the Punctuation and Special page lists every related character on the site — including Left Double Quote and Copyright. The related-symbols grid below also surfaces the closest sibling characters.

How to Type the Double Dagger on a Keyboard

Windows: Hold Alt and type 0135 on the numeric keypad
Mac: Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for the symbol by name
Microsoft Word: Type 2021 then press Alt+X to convert it into ‡
HTML: Use the entity ‡ or the numeric code ‡
Phone & tablet: Copying ‡ from this page is fastest — see our mobile typing guide for keyboard tricks

Double Dagger Symbol Code for HTML, CSS & JavaScript

HTML: ‡
CSS: content: '\\2021';
JavaScript: '\\u2021'
Unicode: U+2021

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I type the double dagger symbol ‡ on Windows?

Hold Alt and type 0135 on the numeric keypad. You can also copy ‡ straight from this page — it pastes into any app.

How do I type ‡ on a Mac?

Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for the symbol by name.

What is the Unicode and HTML code for the double dagger symbol?

The double dagger symbol is Unicode code point U+2021. In HTML, use ‡ or the numeric reference ‡.