Suit (cards)
In
card games, a
suit is one of the four categories into which the deck is divided. Suits are represented by various symbols on the cards. In a standard deck of cards each suit has thirteen cards. In some games such as
bridge or
hearts suits play a very important role. In other games, such as
blackjack, suits are meaningless. There are various ways of ranking the suits. For instance bridge ranks them alphabetically clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades, with spades being the highest.
| Anglo-American suits
| Hearts (♥)
| Diamonds (♦)
| Clubs (♣)
| Spades (♠)
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| French suits
| Hearts (coeurs)
| Tiles (carreaux)
| Clovers (trèfles)
| Swords (piques)
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| Spanish suits
| Cups (copas)
| Coins (oros, "gold")
| Clubs (bastos, "batons")
| Swords (espadas)
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| German suits
| Hearts (Herz)
| Bells (Schellen)
| Acorns (Eichel)
| Leaves (Laub)
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| Swiss suits
| Shields
| Bells
| Acorns
| Flowers
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| Tarot suits
| Cups
| Pentacles
| Wands
| Swords
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