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Clubs (suit)

Suit in French playing cards

Summary

Suit in French playing cards

Field	Value
image	SuitClubs.svg
image_size	120
native_name
deck	French-suited playing cards
invented	15th century

Clubs () () is one of the four playing card suits in the standard French-suited playing cards. The symbol was derived from that of the suit of Acorns in a German deck when French suits were invented, around 1480.

In Skat and Doppelkopf, Clubs are the highest-ranked suit (whereas Diamonds and Bells are the trump suit in Doppelkopf). In Bridge, Clubs are the lowest suit.

Name

Its original French name is Trèfle which means "clover" and the card symbol depicts a three-leafed clover leaf. The Italian name is Fiori ("flower"). However, the English name "Clubs" is a translation of basto, the Spanish name for the suit of batons, suggesting that Spanish-suited cards were used in England before French suits were invented.

In Germany, this suit is known as Kreuz ("cross"), especially in the International Skat Regulations. In Austria, by contrast, it is almost exclusively called Treff in reference to the French name, especially in the game of Bridge, where French names generally predominate. For example, Cœur is used instead of Herz.

Characteristics

The symbol for the suit of Clubs depicts a very stylised three-leaf clover with its stalk oriented downwards.

Generally, the suit of Clubs is black in colour so they can be used in some games as a pair with Spades (suit), like Klondike (solitaire). However, the suit may also be green, for example as sometimes used in Bridge (where it is one of the two minor suits, along with Diamonds).

Four-colour packs

The four [[ace]]s of a [[four-colour deck]]; here, Clubs are green.

Four-colour packs are sometimes used in tournaments or online. In four-colour packs, clubs may be:

green [[File:Suitclubsgreen.png|18px|♣]] in American Bridge and Poker, English Poker, French and Swiss four-colour decks,
black [[File:SuitClubs.svg|18px|♣]] in German Skat packs,
blue [[File:Suitclubsblue.png|18px|♣]] in English Bridge and some American packs or
pink [[File:Suitclubspink.png|18px|♣]] in some other four-colour packs.

Coding

The symbol ♣ is already in the CP437 and thus also part of Windows WGL4. In Unicode a black ♣ and a white ♧ Club symbol are defined:

References

Literature

Allan, Elkan and Hannah Mackay. The Poker Encyclopedia. London: Portico
Dummett, Michael (1980). The Game of Tarot. Duckworth, London.
Parlett, David (2008). The Penguin Book of Card Games London: Penguin

References

Dummett (1980), p. 22.
Parlett (2008), p. xiv.
Allan & Mackay (2007), p. 155.
[https://www.pokernews.com/pokerterms/four-color-deck.htm ''Four-Color Deck''] at pokernews.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
[http://a_pollett.tripod.com/cards19.htm ''Gallery 3 - Sizes, Shapes and Colours''] at a_pollett.tripod.com. Retrieved 4 Aug 2020.

Wikipedia Source

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