What does JKQ stand for in playing cards?

J, Q and K in playing cards are abbreviations of English Jack (knight), Queen (queen) and King (king). At the same time, the characters in the common 12 card also have their own western historical and cultural origins, representing a certain character in history.

1, k series?

Spades K: David, the first official king of the ancient Judeo-Israeli kingdom, is a famous Jewish king, Christian saint and the father of King Solomon. Michelangelo's famous "David" statue is to commemorate the king. He is good at playing the harp and has written many hymns in the Bible, so there is always a harp pattern on the king's K card.

King of hearts: Charlemagne, king of Carolingian dynasty in Frankish kingdom, later established Charlemagne Empire and was honored as Charlemagne. The first shop assistant who carved his portrait on a woodcut with a chisel shaved off his upper lip beard because the chisel accidentally slipped off. Since then, the King of Hearts has been printed with this painting as a specimen, because there is a King of Hearts without a beard.

Box K: gaius julius caesar, the lifelong dictator of the Roman Republic, was later honored as Julius Caesar. Outstanding militarists and politicians in ancient Rome promoted the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His portrait of Roman Empire coins is sideways, so only the King of the Square is sideways.

Club of Clubs K: Alexander, king of Macedonia, was later honored as Alexander the Great, and the country he founded was called "Alexander Empire". He always wears jewels with crosses on his clothes. He holds the sword in his left hand and the soil in his right, and he never forgets to dominate the world.

2.q series?

Q of spades: Eleanor, the queen of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, is the only queen with weapons among the four queen cards. Leopold married a German princess in order to prevent the German nobles from trying to get rid of the empire.

Q of hearts: Judith, or translated Judith, is a heroine in the Old Testament. She killed the general of the invading army and saved the whole country.

Box Q: Rachel, or translated as Rachel and Raquel, was Jacob's second wife and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin in the Old Testament. Jacob had 12 sons and established 12 tribes in Israel.

Plum blossom q:Argine, whose life experience has not been verified, is reorganized from Latin Regina. It refers to the queen who ended in wars of the roses, Elizabeth (princess of York family) and the queen of henry vii (from Lancaster dynasty).

The Lancaster dynasty in England was symbolized by red roses, while the York family was symbolized by white roses. After experiencing wars of the roses, the two royal families finally reconciled and combined their roses. The fourth king in poker has Bai Yutang in his hand.

3.j series?

J of Spades: ogier, also translated as Hokkala, was an attendant of Charlemagne. Denmark's Hogir is a fictional Danish hero, one of the twelve paladins, and a Danish prince blessed by six fairies, based on ancient French poetry.

J of hearts: Lal, Joan of Arc's comrade-in-arms, commander of the French army in the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France.

Zone j:

1) Cromwell. Leading the Puritans to overthrow Charles I 1649- 1658 was a "protector" and ruled Britain.

2) hector, the prince of Troy and the first warrior of Troy in Homer's Iliad.

3) Roland, the hero of the French epic Song of Roland, the attendant of Charlemagne and the head of the twelve paladins. The story idea of King Arthur's Knight of the Round Table, which is widely circulated, may come from the twelve paladins of Charlemagne.

Club J: Lancelot, an English legend and a member of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

Extended data:

Symbol of playing cards

There are four different colors representing four seasons and four social industries: spades for long hair, soldiers, plum blossoms for clover for agriculture, squares for bricks and tiles for workers, and hearts for priests. There are also four colors representing European divination vessels, representing peace, luck, wealth and wisdom and love respectively. Two ghost cards were added later, originally as universal cards, and later they also represented the meaning of the sun and the moon.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia _ Poker