See also: [U+271D LATIN CROSS], [U+271E SHADOWED WHITE LATIN CROSS], and [U+271F OUTLINED LATIN CROSS]

U+2020, †
(LaTeX: \dagger)
DAGGER

[U+201F]
General Punctuation
[U+2021]

Translingual

Symbol

  1. Died, dead.
    Joseph Smith, †1956
  2. (typography) Secondary footnote.
  3. (biology, linguistics) Extinct.
  4. (botany) Used to indicated a destroyed type specimen.
    • 1986, Jeffrey, C., Kew Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 4, p. 906:
      "Type: Zaire, Ruwenzori, Butago valley, Mildbraed 2575 (holotype B; isotype BR)."
  5. (cricket) Used in scorecards to indicate the wicketkeeper.
  6. (chess notation) Check.

Synonyms

  • (check): +
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