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The Unicode standard defines 8 characters for card suits in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, at U+2660–2667:

U+2660 (9824dec) U+2665 (9829dec) U+2666 (9830dec) U+2663 (9827dec)
Black Spade Suit Black Heart Suit Black Diamond Suit Black Club Suit
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
U+2664 (9828dec) U+2661 (9825dec) U+2662 (9826dec) U+2667 (9831dec)
White Spade Suit White Heart Suit White Diamond Suit White Club Suit

Unicode 6.0 adds a unified deck for Minor Arcana Tarot and the 52 cards of the modern Western deck, with 4 Knights, together with a character for "Playing Card Back" and two for black and white (or red) jokers in the block U+1F0A0–1F0FF.[1] The complete Major Arcana may be added at a later time.

U+1F0A1 U+1F0B1 U+1F0C1 U+1F0D1
🂡 🂱 🃁 🃑
Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts Ace of Diamonds Ace of Clubs
U+1F0A2 U+1F0B2 U+1F0C2 U+1F0D2
🂢 🂲 🃂 🃒
Two of Spades Two of Hearts Two of Diamonds Two of Clubs
U+1F0A3 U+1F0B3 U+1F0C3 U+1F0D3
🂣 🂳 🃃 🃓
Three of Spades Three of Hearts Three of Diamonds Three of Clubs
U+1F0A4 U+1F0B4 U+1F0C4 U+1F0D4
🂤 🂴 🃄 🃔
Four of Spades Four of Hearts Four of Diamonds Four of Clubs
U+1F0A5 U+1F0B5 U+1F0C5 U+1F0D5
🂥 🂵 🃅 🃕
Five of Spades Five of Hearts Five of Diamonds Five of Clubs
U+1F0A6 U+1F0B6 U+1F0C6 U+1F0D6
🂦 🂶 🃆 🃖
Six of Spades Six of Hearts Six of Diamonds Six of Clubs
U+1F0A7 U+1F0B7 U+1F0C7 U+1F0D7
🂧 🂷 🃇 🃗
Seven of Spades Seven of Hearts Seven of Diamonds Seven of Clubs
U+1F0A8 U+1F0B8 U+1F0C8 U+1F0D8
🂨 🂸 🃈 🃘
Eight of Spades Eight of Hearts Eight of Diamonds Eight of Clubs
U+1F0A9 U+1F0B9 U+1F0C9 U+1F0D9
🂩 🂹 🃉 🃙
Nine of Spades Nine of Hearts Nine of Diamonds Nine of Clubs
U+1F0AA U+1F0BA U+1F0CA U+1F0DA
🂪 🂺 🃊 🃚
Ten of Spades Ten of Hearts Ten of Diamonds Ten of Clubs
U+1F0AB U+1F0BB U+1F0CB U+1F0DB
🂫 🂻 🃋 🃛
Jack of Spades Jack of Hearts Jack of Diamonds Jack of Clubs
U+1F0AC U+1F0BC U+1F0CC U+1F0DC
🂬 🂼 🃌 🃜
Knight of Spades Knight of Hearts Knight of Diamonds Knight of Clubs
U+1F0AD U+1F0BD U+1F0CD U+1F0DD
🂭 🂽 🃍 🃝
Queen of Spades Queen of Hearts Queen of Diamonds Queen of Clubs
U+1F0AE U+1F0BE U+1F0CE U+1F0DE
🂮 🂾 🃎 🃞
King of Spades King of Hearts King of Diamonds King of Clubs
U+1F0A0 (127136dec) U+1F0CF (127183dec) U+1F0DF (127199dec)
🂠 🃏 🃟
Playing Card Back Black Joker White Joker

See also

  1. ^ Unicode – Playing Cards Block (PDF), retrieved 2011-04-07