Heart Suit

There are various types of card decks such as French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swiss. The French deck is the most popular card deck that is used to play. The heart suit is one suit that is seen in both the French as well as German decks. The only difference between the hearts suit in French and German decks is the way the hearts playing card symbol looks in decks. ♥ is the symbol in a French deck and ♥ is the symbol in German deck of cards. The French name for the hearts playing card suit is Coeur. There are 52 cards in the French deck. This deck is used to play card games in English playing countries. In non-English speaking countries, the French deck is used along with the other deck of cards as per the country of residence. 

Laal Paan Playing Cards

  • There are face cards in the deck of 52 cards. The face cards are Jack, Queen, King.
     
  • The numbered cards in the deck of cards are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
     
  • There is a category of cards known as honor cards. The aces and the face cards are known as honor cards.
     
  • Some cards can be made wild in all the games. The ace, twos, one-eyed jacks are all wild cards.
     
  • The trèfles are known as clovers or clubs, the diamonds are carreaux or tiles, the hearts are couers, and the spades are known as piques. These are the French-suited playing cards.
     
  • Apart from the common features of the decks of cards, they can feature a wide range of regional and national patterns, along with varying deck sizes.

Hearts Card Suit (Laal Paan)

There have been many influences such as the geopolitical, commercial, and cultural impact of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries on the deck of cards. The reason why the French deck of cards became popular was the simplicity of the suit. It made mass production easier, as well as popularity. The English design of French-suited cards is so common that it is frequently copied. There are a total of thirteen hearts cards in a deck. They are hearts of A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K. There are four types of suits. They are ♥hearts suit, ♣club suit, ♠spade suit, ♦diamond suit.

Let us have a look at the thirteen cards with the example of the hearts card.

  1. ♥A
  2. ♥2
  3. ♥3
  4. ♥4
  5. ♥5
  6. ♥6
  7. ♥7
  8. ♥8
  9. ♥9
  10. ♥10
  11. ♥J
  12. ♥Q
  13. ♥K

Symbolism and Suits

One of the card's two sides is visible, while the other is concealed. While playing cards, participants are provided inaccurate information. The various suits each have their own set of symbols. When the numerical value of a full deck of cards is added together – 11 for a jack, 12 for a queen, and 13 for a king – the result is 364, which, when added by one for the joker, equals 365, the number of days in a year.

  • Clubs symbolize both the peasantry and work.
     
  • Diamonds represent the merchant class and the thrill of wealth creation.
     
  • Hearts represent the clergy and the effort to find inner joy.
     
  • Spades represent the military class formalized into the aristocracy and the contentious difficulties of existence.

The four suits are as follows:

  1. Hearts: The hearts playing card suit represents the spring season. The color of the hearts suit is red.
     
  2. Clubs: The summer season is represented by the club suit. The color of the clubs suit is black.
     
  3. Spades The spade suit represents the winter season. The color of the spades suit is black.
     
  4. Diamonds: The fall season is symbolized by the diamonds suit. The color of the diamonds suit is red.

Clubs and spades are black, whereas hearts and diamonds are red. The joker cards are one-of-a-kind and do not fit into any of the categories.

Representation of Suits

  • Nature’s Representation: The hearts cards in a deck represents fire, the club suit represents Earth's peak, the diamond suit represents a component of air, and the spade suit represents water.
     
  • Human Qualities: The hearts playing card suit signifies childhood, the club suit represents youth, the diamond suit represents growth or advancement, and the spade suit represents death.

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Hearts Card Suit FAQs

1)  What are heart suit in cards?

The heart suit in cards is red and is represented by the heart symbol ♥.

2)  How many heart cards are in a suit?

There are thirteen cards in a heart suit. They are♥ hearts of A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K.