Hearts (suit)

In Bridge, for which in Germany the French deck is common, it is called by its French name, . In games using German-suited cards the suit of Hearts is often called "Red" (), e.g. the Unter of Hearts would be the "Red Unter" (Rotunter or Rot-Unter) and the Nine of Hearts the "Red Nine" (Rotneun or Rot-Neun). In the game of Watten, the King of Hearts is the highest Trump. In Tiến Lên, Hearts are the highest-ranked suit. The origin of the term "heart" to describe the symbol, which only very marginally resembles a true heart, is not known. In general, equivalents in other languages also mean "heart". File:Bay herz.svg|The heart in German suited cards File:Naipe copas.png|The heart in French suited cards == Characteristics ==

The heart typically has a form of cardioid, the lower part of which ends in a point. The symbol is drawn with its tip down, the two lobes of the cardioid pointing upwards. Generally, the hearts are coloured red so they can be used in some games as a pair with Diamonds (suit), like Klondike (solitaire). They form one of the two major suits in bridge (with spades). French pattern The following gallery shows the hearts of a standard 52-card deck of French-suited playing cards. Not shown is the Knight of Hearts, used in tarot card games: File:01 of hearts A.svg|Ace File:02 of hearts.svg|2 File:03 of hearts.svg|3 File:04 of hearts.svg|4 File:05 of hearts.svg|5 File:06 of hearts.svg|6 File:07 of hearts.svg|7 File:08 of hearts.svg|8 File:09 of hearts.svg|9 File:10 of hearts - David Bellot.svg|10 File:Jack of hearts fr.svg|Jack File:Queen of hearts fr.svg|Queen File:King of hearts fr.svg|King German pattern The gallery below shows a suit of Hearts from a German-suited playing cards of 32 cards. The pack is of the Saxonian pattern: File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - 07.jpg |7 File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - 08.jpg |8 File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - 09.jpg |9 File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - 10.jpg|10 File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - Unter.jpg |Unter File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - Ober.jpg |Ober File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - King.jpg |King File:Saxonian Deck - Hearts - Deuce.jpg|Deuce or Ace == Four-colour packs ==

s of a four-color deck; here, Hearts are red. Four-color decks are sometimes used in tournaments or online. In such packs Hearts may be: • red in almost all poker packs • yellow in some other four-colour packs. == Coding ==

The symbol ♥ is already in the CP437 and therefore also in the WGL4. In Unicode, a black heart ♥ and a white ♡ heart are defined: == See also ==