U+2E37 "⸷" Dagger with Right Guard Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⸷
U+2E37 "⸷" Dagger with Right Guard is a typographic punctuation mark that features a traditional dagger symbol with an additional vertical stroke, or "guard," placed on its right side. It is part of the Supplemental Punctuation block and is primarily used in specialized textual annotation, such as in critical editions or scholarly works, to serve as a referencing mark or a variant of the standard dagger (U+2020), often to draw attention to a footnote or marginal note while distinguishing itself from similar symbols through its distinct guard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E37 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Dagger with Right Guard |
| Block | Supplemental Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⸷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⸷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB8 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E37 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E37 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e37 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |