Inner product for $M_{n \times n}(\mathbb{C})$ is...?

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I can't seem to find a reference which confirms this for me.

I know that the standard inner product for $A,B \in M_{n \times n}(\mathbb{R})$ is given by $\langle A,B\rangle = \operatorname{Tr}(B^{T}A)$.

Would the standard inner product for $A,B \in M_{n \times n}(\mathbb{C})$ be given by $\langle A,B\rangle = \operatorname{Tr}(B^{\dagger}A)$?

This is the only thing that makes sense, but I can't find anything about the matter online. I think this would give a valid "hermitian inner product" in the sense that we have $\langle A,B\rangle = \overline{\langle B,A\rangle}$.