hearts diamonds spades clubs cards

Names, Description, Marking of Cards

hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs cards

srdce = hearts = ♥ ♡
kára = diamonds = ♦ ♢
piky = spades = ♠ ♤
kříže = clubs = ♣ ♧


Clergy
Merchant
Agricultural
Military

or

the 4 suits in a deck – spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs – come from French cards and supposedly represent the four social classes:

spades = nobility
hearts = clergy
diamonds = merchants
clubs = peasants

Čtyři karetní barvy – piky, srdce, káry a kříže – pocházejí asi z francouzského karetního balíčku
Symbolizují společenské třídy:

piky šlechtu - ♠ ♤
srdce duchovenstvo - ♥ ♡
káry obchodníky - ♦ ♢
kříže rolníky - ♣ ♧

Or 

Four Kings in Deck of Cards

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-four-king-truth/

 

“The Four Kings in a Deck of Cards”

Claim: Each of the four kings in a standard deck represents a historical figure:

♠️ King of Spades = King David

♥️ King of Hearts = Charlemagne

♦️ King of Diamonds = Julius Caesar

♣️ King of Clubs = Alexander the Great

Snopes’ Verdict: False.

There’s no reliable historical evidence that these kings were ever officially intended to represent real people. While 17th-century French cardmakers occasionally named them this way, it was not consistent, universal, or original to playing cards.

Origin of the Myth:

This idea likely emerged in the 18th or 19th century, long after playing cards had become popular. It’s a romanticized backstory, not a historically grounded fact.

Traditional Symbolism of the Four Suits (French-style):

♠️ Spades – Nobility, military, or aristocracy

♥️ Hearts – Clergy or the Church

♦️ Diamonds – Merchants, wealth, or commerce

♣️ Clubs – Peasantry, agriculture, or working class

or 

Clubs = Military = Cowardly Lion

Hearts = Housewives/Childbearing = Dorothy

Spades = Agriculture/Plant-Industry = brainless Scarecrow

Diamonds = Industry/Mineral&Metalworking = Tinman

Hearts (Herz or Rot) Červený

Bells (Schellen, Schelle, Schell or Bolle) Kule

Acorns (Eichel) Žaludy

Leaves, Grass or Green (Laub, Gras, Blau, Grün, Blatt) Zelený


Grün, Blatt, Pik or Gras

Jazyk	♥ Červený (Herz / Rot / Hearts)	♦ Kule (Schellen/Bells)	♠ Žaludy (Eichel/Acorns)	♣ Zelený (Grün / Blatt / Laub / Gras Leaves)
Czech / Česky	Červený, Srdce	Kule, Zvonky	Žaludy	Zelený, Listy, Tráva
German / Německy	Herz, Rot	Schellen, Schell, Bolle	Eichel	Grün, Blatt, Laub, Gras
English / Angličtina	Hearts, Red	Bells	Acorns	Leaves, Leaf, Green, Grass
Polish / Polsky	Serce, Czerwienie	Dzwonki	Żołędzie	Liście, Zieleń
Rusky /  Russian /  по-русски	Черви, Сердце	Колокольчики	Жёлуди	Листья, Зелёные
Slovak / Slovenština	Srdce, Červený	Kule, Zvonky	Žalude	Zelený, Listy
French / Francouzsky	Cœurs	Grelots (neofic.)	Glands (neofic.)	Feuilles, Vert (neofic.)
Spanish / Španělsky	Corazones, Rojo	Campanas (neofic.)	Bellotas (neofic.)	Hojas, Verde (neofic.)

Super-Bridge

HTML Special Characters Code Symbols Cards Hearts Spade Clubs Diamonds:
♥ Hearts ♥


HTML Special Characters Code Symbols Cards Hearts Spades Clubs Diamonds

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Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power 

by David Priestland 

 

Dan Carlin - Hardcore History 






TIL - today i learned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1m3qgl/til_that_the_4_suits_in_a_deck_of_playing_cards/

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