Hearts (suit)

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Hearts is one of the four suits 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.

1 Origin and meaning of the symbol
2 Сodes of symbol
3 Example cards
4 See also

[edit] 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'. The suits were based on the four major economic classes on the late middle ages; Spades (a sharp weapon) represented the Military, Hearts represented the Church, Clubs (a leaf) represented agriculture, and Diamonds represented trade merchants.

German suits: hearts (German: Herz) .