Double Dagger ‡

The Double Dagger character (‡) is a standard HTML entity defined in the HTML specification. In HTML source code, it can be written using the named entity reference ‡, the decimal numeric character reference ‡, or the hexadecimal numeric reference ‡. The character is assigned Unicode code point U+2021 in the Universal Character Set.

The double dagger (‡) is the third reference mark in the traditional footnote sequence (*, †, ‡). Also called the diesis, it is used for tertiary footnotes and cross-references. In academic publishing, multiple daggers may indicate additional annotations beyond what the asterisk and single dagger cover.

Symbol entities encompass a wide variety of special characters used in legal disclaimers, intellectual property notices, typographic ornaments, card suit indicators, and miscellaneous notation throughout web content. These characters appear in website footers for copyright notices, product pages for trademark symbols, academic papers for dagger footnote markers, and decorative or gaming contexts for card suits and stars.

When deciding how to encode the Double Dagger character in your HTML documents, the named entity ‡ is generally the most readable choice for developers reviewing or maintaining source code. The decimal form ‡ and hexadecimal form ‡ are equally valid alternatives that work in contexts where named entities may not be supported, or when generating HTML output programmatically from server-side code. All three representations produce identical visual output in every modern web browser.

Use the double dagger as the third footnote reference mark in documents that have exhausted the asterisk and single dagger. It appears in dense academic and legal texts with many annotations. For even more footnotes, the sequence typically restarts with doubled symbols (**, ††, ‡‡).