Q: How do I write † in HTML?

As a numeric character reference † (decimal) or † (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly. There is also the named entity &dagger;.

Question 1

What is the character U+2020?

Accepted Answer

U+2020 † is officially named DAGGER. It belongs to the General Punctuation block and the category Other punctuation.

Question 2

How do I type †?

Accepted Answer

Windows (Word, WordPad): type 2020, then press Alt+X. Linux (GTK/IBus): Ctrl+Shift+U 2020, then Space. macOS: enable the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard, hold Option and type 2020. Or simply copy it from this page.

Question 3

How do I write † in HTML?

Accepted Answer

As a numeric character reference &#8224; (decimal) or &#x2020; (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly. There is also the named entity &dagger;.

Question 4

How is † encoded in UTF-8?

Accepted Answer

In UTF-8 the character takes 3 bytes: E2 80 A0. In UTF-16: 2020.

Name	DAGGER
Code point	`U+2020`
Decimal	`8224`
Block	General Punctuation
Category	Other punctuation (Po)
UTF-8	`E2 80 A0`
UTF-16	`2020`
UTF-32	`00002020`
HTML	`&dagger;` `†` `†`
CSS	`\2020`
JavaScript	`\u2020`
Python	`\u2020`
URL-encoded	`%E2%80%A0`

U+2020 DAGGER

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