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Hearts (suit)




Hearts is one of the four Suit s found in Playing Cards . In Bridge , it ranks second highest of the four suits ( Clubs , Diamonds , Hearts, and Spades ), below Spades, but above Diamonds. It is typically associated with Love or Romance .


Origin and meaning of the symbol


The symbol was first used on French Playing Cards , made in Rouen and Lyon in the 15th Century (around the time playing cards are mass-produced by the use of Woodcuts ). The French name for the symbol is ''cœur'' ' Heart '. It is possible that the meaning was to represent a Leaf or a Cup (symbols used on older German playing cards), but the symbol was, however, very early associated with a heart.

German suits: ''hearts'' () .


Сodes of symbol

Unicode — U+2665 and U+2661:
:♥ ♡

HTML — ''♥'' and ''♥'':
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