What does spades mean in playing cards?

Generally speaking, they follow the rule that spades are bigger than hearts, hearts are bigger than clubs, and clubs are bigger than diamonds.

Are these four colors spades? (Spades, also known as sunflower fans), hearts? (heart, also known as red heart), plum blossom? (Dong Jia, also known as Caohua), diamonds? Diamond, also called stepping brick or square, is called "Ba Block" in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Spades and clubs are black, the other two are hearts and diamonds are red. Thirteen cards of each pattern, with numbers from one to ten, English letters J, Q, K, cards from one to ten are represented by the number of patterns, and J, Q, K are represented by head cards.

These four patterns are used as the source of playing cards.

1. First, these four colors represent the four major industries of society at that time, among which spades represent spears and symbolize soldiers. Plum blossoms represent clover flowers and symbolize agriculture; Square represents bricks used by craftsmen; The heart represents the heart and symbolizes the priest.

2. On the other hand, these four colors come from the patterns of ancient European divination tools, in which spades represent olive leaves and symbolize peace; Plum blossom is a four-leaf clover, which means good luck; The square is a diamond, symbolizing wealth; The heart shape symbolizes wisdom and love.

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1, China people understand four colors as spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The French understand the four colors as spear, square, clove leaf and red heart.

Germans understand four colors as leaves, bells, acorns and hearts.

Italians understand the four colors as swords, coins, crutches and wine glasses.

The Swiss understand these four colors as acorns, bells, flowers and shields.

6. The British understand the four colors as shovel, diamond, clover and red heart.

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