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Dagger

A pointed knife with a steel blade, as used for thrusting in close combat. Generally depicted as double-edged with a black, brown or gold cross-shaped hilt and positioned at 45° angle, often with its tip at the lower left.

May represent knives and other bladed weapons (cf. ⚔️ Crossed Swords) as well as various senses of cutting and stabbing. Often applied to medieval or fantasy content.

Technical Information

Code: U+1F5E1 U+FE0F
Category: Objects
Sub Category: Tool
Unicode Version: 0.7
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