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| Playing Cards | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1F0A0..U+1F0FF (96 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Assigned | 82 code points |
| Unused | 14 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 6.0 | 59 (+59) |
| 7.0 | 82 (+23) |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the handling of fonts and symbols. Within it is a set of images depicting playing cards, and another depicting the French card suits.
Card suits[edit]
The Miscellaneous Symbols block contains the following, at U+2660–2667:
| U+2660 | U+2665 | U+2666 | U+2663 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ♠ | ♥ | ♦ | ♣ |
| Black Spade Suit | Black Heart Suit | Black Diamond Suit | Black Club Suit |
| ♠ | ♥ | ♦ | ♣ |
| U+2664 | U+2661 | U+2662 | U+2667 |
| ♤ | ♡ | ♢ | ♧ |
| White Spade Suit | White Heart Suit | White Diamond Suit | White Club Suit |
Playing cards deck[edit]
Unicode 6.0 added images for: Minor ArcanaTarot, the 52 cards of the standard French deck, 4 Knights, a back of a card, and two for black and white (or red) jokers in the block U+1F0A0–1F0FF. Unicode 7.0 added a specific red joker and twenty-two generic trump cards with the reference description being not the Major Arcana used in cartomancy but the Tarot Nouveau used in tarot card games.
| U+1F0A1 | U+1F0B1 | U+1F0C1 | U+1F0D1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🂡 | 🂱 | 🃁 | 🃑 |
| Ace of Spades | Ace of Hearts | Ace of Diamonds | Ace of Clubs |
| U+1F0A2 | U+1F0B2 | U+1F0C2 | U+1F0D2 |
| 🂢 | 🂲 | 🃂 | 🃒 |
| Two of Spades | Two of Hearts | Two of Diamonds | Two of Clubs |
| U+1F0A3 | U+1F0B3 | U+1F0C3 | U+1F0D3 |
| 🂣 | 🂳 | 🃃 | 🃓 |
| Three of Spades | Three of Hearts | Three of Diamonds | Three of Clubs |
| U+1F0A4 | U+1F0B4 | U+1F0C4 | U+1F0D4 |
| 🂤 | 🂴 | 🃄 | 🃔 |
| Four of Spades | Four of Hearts | Four of Diamonds | Four of Clubs |
| U+1F0A5 | U+1F0B5 | U+1F0C5 | U+1F0D5 |
| 🂥 | 🂵 | 🃅 | 🃕 |
| Five of Spades | Five of Hearts | Five of Diamonds | Five of Clubs |
| U+1F0A6 | U+1F0B6 | U+1F0C6 | U+1F0D6 |
| 🂦 | 🂶 | 🃆 | 🃖 |
| Six of Spades | Six of Hearts | Six of Diamonds | Six of Clubs |
| U+1F0A7 | U+1F0B7 | U+1F0C7 | U+1F0D7 |
| 🂧 | 🂷 | 🃇 | 🃗 |
| Seven of Spades | Seven of Hearts | Seven of Diamonds | Seven of Clubs |
| U+1F0A8 | U+1F0B8 | U+1F0C8 | U+1F0D8 |
| 🂨 | 🂸 | 🃈 | 🃘 |
| Eight of Spades | Eight of Hearts | Eight of Diamonds | Eight of Clubs |
| U+1F0A9 | U+1F0B9 | U+1F0C9 | U+1F0D9 |
| 🂩 | 🂹 | 🃉 | 🃙 |
| Nine of Spades | Nine of Hearts | Nine of Diamonds | Nine of Clubs |
| U+1F0AA | U+1F0BA | U+1F0CA | U+1F0DA |
| 🂪 | 🂺 | 🃊 | 🃚 |
| Ten of Spades | Ten of Hearts | Ten of Diamonds | Ten of Clubs |
| U+1F0AB | U+1F0BB | U+1F0CB | U+1F0DB |
| 🂫 | 🂻 | 🃋 | 🃛 |
| Jack of Spades | Jack of Hearts | Jack of Diamonds | Jack of Clubs |
| U+1F0AC | U+1F0BC | U+1F0CC | U+1F0DC |
| 🂬 | 🂼 | 🃌 | 🃜 |
| Knight of Spades | Knight of Hearts | Knight of Diamonds | Knight of Clubs |
| U+1F0AD | U+1F0BD | U+1F0CD | U+1F0DD |
| 🂭 | 🂽 | 🃍 | 🃝 |
| Queen of Spades | Queen of Hearts | Queen of Diamonds | Queen of Clubs |
| U+1F0AE | U+1F0BE | U+1F0CE | U+1F0DE |
| 🂮 | 🂾 | 🃎 | 🃞 |
| King of Spades | King of Hearts | King of Diamonds | King of Clubs |
| U+1F0A0 | U+1F0BF | U+1F0CF | U+1F0DF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🂠 | 🂿 | 🃏 | 🃟 |
| Playing Card Back | Red Joker | Black Joker | White Joker |
| U+1F0E0 | U+1F0E1 | U+1F0E2 | U+1F0E3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🃠 | 🃡 | 🃢 | 🃣 |
| Fool | Trump-1 (individual) | Trump-2 (childhood) | Trump-3 (youth) |
| U+1F0E4 | U+1F0E5 | U+1F0E6 | U+1F0E7 |
| 🃤 | 🃥 | 🃦 | 🃧 |
| Trump-4 (maturity) | Trump-5 (old age) | Trump-6 (morning) | Trump-7 (afternoon) |
| U+1F0E8 | U+1F0E9 | U+1F0EA | U+1F0EB |
| 🃨 | 🃩 | 🃪 | 🃫 |
| Trump-8 (evening) | Trump-9 (night) | Trump-10 (earth and air) | Trump-11 (water and fire) |
| U+1F0EC | U+1F0ED | U+1F0EE | U+1F0EF |
| 🃬 | 🃭 | 🃮 | 🃯 |
| Trump-12 (dance) | Trump-13 (shopping) | Trump-14 (open air) | Trump-15 (visual arts) |
| U+1F0F0 | U+1F0F1 | U+1F0F2 | U+1F0F3 |
| 🃰 | 🃱 | 🃲 | 🃳 |
| Trump-16 (spring) | Trump-17 (summer) | Trump-18 (autumn) | Trump-19 (winter) |
| U+1F0F4 | U+1F0F5 | ||
| 🃴 | 🃵 | ||
| Trump-20 (the game) | Trump-21 (collective) |
Block[edit]
| Playing Cards[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1F0Ax | 🂠 | 🂡 | 🂢 | 🂣 | 🂤 | 🂥 | 🂦 | 🂧 | 🂨 | 🂩 | 🂪 | 🂫 | 🂬 | 🂭 | 🂮 | |
| U+1F0Bx | 🂱 | 🂲 | 🂳 | 🂴 | 🂵 | 🂶 | 🂷 | 🂸 | 🂹 | 🂺 | 🂻 | 🂼 | 🂽 | 🂾 | 🂿 | |
| U+1F0Cx | 🃁 | 🃂 | 🃃 | 🃄 | 🃅 | 🃆 | 🃇 | 🃈 | 🃉 | 🃊 | 🃋 | 🃌 | 🃍 | 🃎 | 🃏 | |
| U+1F0Dx | 🃑 | 🃒 | 🃓 | 🃔 | 🃕 | 🃖 | 🃗 | 🃘 | 🃙 | 🃚 | 🃛 | 🃜 | 🃝 | 🃞 | 🃟 | |
| U+1F0Ex | 🃠 | 🃡 | 🃢 | 🃣 | 🃤 | 🃥 | 🃦 | 🃧 | 🃨 | 🃩 | 🃪 | 🃫 | 🃬 | 🃭 | 🃮 | 🃯 |
| U+1F0Fx | 🃰 | 🃱 | 🃲 | 🃳 | 🃴 | 🃵 | ||||||||||
Notes
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Emoji[edit]
The Playing Cards block contains one emoji:U+1F0CF.[3][4]
History[edit]
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Playing Cards block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | U+1F0A0..1F0AE, 1F0B1..1F0BE, 1F0C1..1F0CF, 1F0D1..1F0DF[b] | 59 | L2/04-163 | N2760 | Everson, Michael (2004-05-18), Proposal to encode dominoes and other game symbols in the UCS |
| L2/06-288 | Pentzlin, Karl (2006-08-06), Comments on L2/04-163 - Domino tiles and other game symbols | ||||
| L2/09-025R2 | N3582[c] | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-03-05), Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols | |||
| L2/09-026R | N3583 | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-02-06), Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding | |||
| L2/09-027R2 | N3681 | Scherer, Markus (2009-09-17), Emoji Symbols: Background Data | |||
| L2/09-114 | N3607 | Towards an encoding of symbol characters used as emoji, 2009-04-06 | |||
| L2/10-089 | N3777 | KDDI Input on Emoji, 2010-03-08 | |||
| L2/10-132 | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2010-04-27), Emoji Symbols: Background Data | ||||
| 7.0 | U+1F0BF, 1F0E0..1F0F5 | 23 | L2/11-095 | N4012 | Everson, Michael; Pentzlin, Karl (2011-04-01), Proposal to encode additional playing card characters in the UCS |
| L2/11-102 (pdf,txt) | Davis, Mark (2011-04-06), Clarification of Tarot cards | ||||
| L2/11-216 | N4089 | Everson, Michael; Pentzlin, Karl (2011-05-31), Proposal to disunify playing card and tarot card characters in the UCS | |||
| L2/11-261R2 | Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), 'Motion 128-M2', UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes | ||||
| N4253 (pdf,doc) | 'M59.12', Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59, 2012-09-12 | ||||
| |||||
References[edit]
- ^'Unicode character database'. The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^'Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard'. The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^'UTR #51: Unicode Emoji'. Unicode Consortium. 2019-02-04.
- ^'UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51'. Unicode Consortium. 2019-01-15.
Royal Flush
Ace high Straight Flush.
Ace of Spades King of Spades Queen of Spades Jack of Spades 10 of Spades in a single suit. Also frequently referred to as 'Broadway'.
Straight Flush
Five consecutive cards of the same suit.
Five sequential cards in the same suit. The highest type of Straight Flush is a Royal Flush, and the lowest is an A-2-3-4-5 hand (if Aces are low or high/low). This type of hand is referred to as a 'Steel Wheel'. Other Straight Flushes with special names include:
- King of Clubs Queen of Clubs Jack of Clubs 10 of Clubs 9 of Clubs - Off Broadway (because it's shifted down one rank from a Royal Flush, or 'Broadway').
Four of a Kind
One of each suit in a single rank.
Also known as Quads. Many of the Four of a Kind hands have their own nicknames:
- King of Clubs King of Diamonds King of Hearts King of Spades - Four Horsemen (of the Apocalypse)
- Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts Queen of Spades - Village People (four Queens)
- 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts 10 of Spades - Larry, after Larry Fortensky (four-ten-sky), Elizabeth Taylor's eighth husband
- 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts 4 of Spades - Yacht Club (because the 4 resembles a sail)
- 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 3 of Hearts 3 of Spades - Forest (four 'trees')
- 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts 2 of Spades - Mighty Ducks (because the 2 resembles a duck)
Spades Clubs Hearts Diamonds Meaning
Full House
Three of a Kind and One Pair.
A Full House is called as 'X over Y' where X is the Three of a Kind and Y is the Pair (e.g., in a A-A-A-Q-Q hand, you would call it as 'Full House, Aces over Queens').
A Full House is sometimes called a boat or a full boat. When called a Boat/Full Boat, the hand is announced as 'X full of Y' (e.g., the same A-A-A-Q-Q hand would be called a 'Full Boat, Aces full of Queens'). Some Full House hands have special nicknames:
- Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Marksman (bows and arrows)
- 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 7 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts - Sailing rednecks
- 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Nits and Lice, Mites and Lice
Flush
Five cards of the same suit.
Any five cards, all of which are in the same suit. A Flush all in hearts is referred to as 'Valentine's' while a flush all in clubs is known as a 'Golf Bag'.
Poker Heart Diamond Spade
Straight
Five consecutive cards.
Five cards in sequential order (but not all in the same suit, or it would be a Straight Flush). Also known as a Run (in many melding/counting games, such as gin and its variants, cribbage, and canasta, a Straight is referred to as a Run, and the name has carried over into poker).
- 6 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts 3 of Spades 2 of Clubs - Rabbit (the lowest Straight Flush if Aces are high)
- 5 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 3 of Hearts 2 of Spades Ace of Clubs - Wheel, Bicycle, Bike, Spike, First Street, Little Wheel (the lowest run if Aces are low or high/low)
Three of a Kind
Spade Heart Club Diamond
Three cards of the same rank. Also known as Trips, a Set, or Triplets. Three-card combinations that have special names include:
- Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds Ace of Hearts - Beatles reunion
- King of Clubs King of Diamonds King of Hearts - Three Wise Men, Christmas Special (both references to 'Three Kings'), Alabama Night Riders, Ku Klux Klan (KKK is an abbreviation for the Ku Klux Klan, and 'Alabama Night Riders' is a colloquial term used to refer to this group, which has a history of carrying out their acts at night in rural ateas)
- Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts - Six Tits
- Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds Jack of Hearts - Hart, Schaffner, and Marx (Three Jacks)
- 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts - Dallas to Fort Worth (the I-10 connects these two Texas Cities), San Jose to Gilroy, Gilroy, Thirty Miles of bad road (the distance between San Jose and Gilroy, California, used to be 30 miles, although the two cities are now adjoining)
- 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 7 of Hearts - 21, Slot Machine, Jackpot (all named after results in other casino games like Blackjack and Slots)
- 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds 6 of Hearts - The Devil, The Beast, Lucifer, Devil's Area Code
- 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts - Washington Monument, Pork Chop Sandwiches
- 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts - Grand Jury
- 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Huey, Dewey, and Louie (three ducks)
Two Pairs
Two pairs, each with two cards of the same rank. Notable named two pair combinations include:
- Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Dead Man's Hand (Arrows and Nooses)
- King of Clubs King of Diamonds Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Mommas and Poppas
- King of Clubs King of Diamonds 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - Pair of Dogs (because it's K9K9-- two canines)
- Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - San Francisco Waiters (Queens with Trays/Treys)
- Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Jackson Five (Jacks and Fives), Motown, Rock and Roll
- Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Hookers with Crabs (because the Jacks hook and the 3 is like a sideways crab)
- 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Oldsmobile
- 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds - Dinner for Four
- 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds - Socks and Shoes, Mites and Lice, Mits and Mites, Nits and Lice
One Pair
Two cards of the same rank. The poker hand that contains a single pair that is the most worth noting is the Princess Leia (an A-A-2-3), so called because the room in which Leia was imprisoned in Star Wars was room A-A-2-3. The best known names given to (pocket) pairs include:
- Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds - Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines
- King of Clubs King of Diamonds - Cowboys, King Kong
- Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Bitches, Double date, Canadian Aces, Siegfried and Roy
- Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Fish Hooks
- 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - German Virgin (no, we don't know why.)
- 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Snowmen
- 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds - Sunset Strip, Hockey Sticks
- 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds - Route 66
- 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Speed limit
- 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds - Magnum, Sail Boat
- 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Crabs
- 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds - Ducks
High Card
While the high card is the lowest possible hand in poker (every poker hand automatically has a 'high card' in it-- the card with the greatest value), it comes into play in some poker variants more than others. Poker rookies often underestimate the value of the high card.
Texas Hold'em, for instance, is frequently referred to as a game of high cards because a player with higher cards always has an advantage. If player 1 holds K-Q and player 2 holds J-10, there are three possible outcomes:
- The flop makes player 1's hand, and player 1 wins.
- The flop makes player 2's hand, and player 2 wins.
- The flop doesn't make either player's hand, and player 1 wins again.
The player with high cards has a statistical advantage and will win 63% of the time.
Well known nicknames given to pocket hands are:
- Ace of Clubs King of Diamonds - Big Slick, Anna Kournikova (looks great, never wins!)
- Ace of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Big Chick
- Ace of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Black Jack, Jack-Ass
- King of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Royalty, Marriage
- King of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Kojak
- Jack of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Jackson Five
- Queen of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Gay Waiter
- 9 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Dolly Parton
- Ace of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Dead Man's Hand (player Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 after winning with it!)
- King of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - Canine
- Jack of Clubs 4 of Diamonds - Flat Tire