Hearts (suit)

Hearts
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Invented15th century

Hearts (, ) (French: Cœur, German: Herz) is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of French-suited and German-suited playing cards. However, the symbol is slightly different: Symbol: Herz is used in a French deck while Symbol: Herz is used in a German deck.

This suit was invented in 15th century Germany and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. The French design was created around 1480 when French suits were invented and was a simplified version of the existing German suit symbol for hearts in a German-suited pack.[1]

In Swiss-suited playing cards, the equivalent suit is Roses, typically with the following suit symbol: .

  1. ^ Dummett, Michael (1980). The Game of Tarot. London: Duckworth. pp. 10–32.

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