Clubs (suit)
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Clubs (also known as clovers or flowers in some parts of Africa) is one of the four suits found in playing cards.
In bridge, it ranks lowest out of all four suits, below Diamonds. It is typically associated with war.
The symbol was first used on French playing cards, made in Rouen and Lyon in the 15th Century, around the time that playing cards were first mass-produced by the use of woodcuts. The suits were based on the four major economic classes of the late Middle Ages: spades represented the military, hearts represented the church, clubs represented agriculture and diamonds represented trade merchants.
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[edit] Analogues in other suits
- German suits: acorns (German: Eichel)
- Swiss German suits: acorns (German: Eichel)
- Italo-Spanish suits: clubs (Italian: Bastoni / Spanish: Bastos)
- Tarot suits: wands, rods
[edit] Meanings in other languages
- German: Kreuz - crosses
- French: Trèfle - clover
- Spanish: Tréboles - clovers
- Italian: Fiori - flowers
- Portuguese: Paus - sticks, clubs
- Russian: Трефы (Trefy) (transcription from French) or Крести (Kresti) (from Russian: кресты) - crosses
[edit] Сodes of symbol
Unicode — U+2663 and U+2667
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HTML — ♣ (or ♣) and ♧
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[edit] Example cards
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