Diamonds (suit)
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Diamonds is one of the four suits found in the "international" deck of playing cards.
In bridge, it ranks third highest of the four suits, above clubs, but below hearts. It is typically associated with wealth or riches.
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.
Analogues in other suits
- German suits: jingle bells, small bells (Template:Lang-de)
- Swiss German suits: jingle bells (Template:Lang-de)
- Italo-Spanish suits: coins (Template:Lang-it / Template:Lang-es)
- Tarot suits: pentacles, coins
Meanings in other languages
- Template:Lang-fr - squares, cells
- Template:Lang-de - rhombuses
- Template:Lang-el (Caro) - square tiling
- Template:Lang-it - squares
- Template:Lang-mk (Baklava, because of its shape) or Каро/Каре (Karo/Kare) (from Template:Lang-de / Template:Lang-fr)
- Template:Lang-pt - gold coins
- Template:Lang-ru (Bubny) or Буби (Bubi) (from Template:Lang-ru, бубенчики) - jingle bells
- Template:Lang-es - squares
- Template:Lang-tr - squares, cells
Сodes of symbol
Unicode —U+2666 and U+2662:
- ♦ ♢
HTML — ♦ (or ♦) and ♢:
- ♦ ♢
Example cards
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The Beatles TV show
On the Beatles TV show, George Harrison is the diamonds suit.