What are the meanings of JQK in playing cards?

JQK is the flower card in playing cards. JQK is pronounced as hook egg gram, and in some areas it is also pronounced as hook circle gram.

The number of playing cards is 12 historical figure. J, Q and K are the initials of the English squire Jack, Queen and King, respectively, and the 12 headboard stands for 12 historical figures respectively.

1.j is the abbreviation of Jack, which stands for Guards and Warriors;

1, j of spades.

Character prototype: ogier

The servant of Charlemagne, Prince Hogir of Denmark, blessed by the six fairies, was one of the twelve knights of Charlemagne, who made outstanding achievements, but died in the battle of the Pyrenees.

2.j of hearts

Character prototype: Lacher

Lacher was the French commander in the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, the attendant of Charles VII and the comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc.

3. plum J.

Character prototype: Lancelot

Lancelot is an English legend and a member of King Arthur's knights of the Round Table. He looks like a handsome young man. Because he is an excellent archer in legend, J of Meihua Club holds an arrow. Lancelot's love with the Queen led to the war between him and King Arthur.

4. block j

Character prototype: Hecktor

Hecktor is the eldest son of Troy, the elder brother of Paris, and the first warrior of Troy. He was once called "the wall of Troy". Finally, he fought Achilles and died at the hands of the other side.

Second, Q is the abbreviation of Queen, which stands for Queen:

1, q of spades.

Character prototype: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena is the only queen with weapons among the four queen cards, and she is the goddess of war and wisdom in Greek mythology.

2. Q of hearts

Character prototype: Judith

Judith was also translated as Judith, a Bavarian from Germany, who married Charles I of the Stuart dynasty in England. Later, Charles I was executed for his brutal rule, and Judith remarried.

3. plum blossom q

Character prototype: Akini

Q of clubs is Akini. There is a story that the Lancaster royal family in England is symbolized by red roses, while the York royal family is symbolized by white roses. After two royal families passed through wars of the roses, the Dodo dynasty occupied the British throne and tied their roses together. So, the queen has a rose in her hand.

4.Q area

Character prototype: Rachel

Rachel is Jacob's second wife. Jacob worked for his uncle for nothing to marry her 14 years. The legendary Rachel is a very beautiful woman, and her sister Leah is Jacob's first wife.

3.k is the abbreviation of King, which stands for king:

1, spades K.

Character prototype: David

In the 10 century BC, the father of King Solomon of Israel, who was good at playing the harp, was described as the most just king, an excellent soldier, musician and poet with curly hair.

2, the king of hearts.

Character prototype: Charlemagne

Charlemagne on the K of Hearts has a sword in one hand and the edge of the royal robe in the other, and his hair is curled in. It is said that it used to be printed by block printing. A block printing staff accidentally shaved off the beard on the upper lip of Charlemagne's block printing, so the red heart K became the only trump card with no beard on the upper lip.

3. plum blossom k

Role prototype:

Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great is one of the greatest military geniuses in European history and the most famous conqueror of Macedonian Empire.

4. block K.

Character prototype: Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar is a famous Roman politician. His portrait on Roman coins is a profile. After that, among the four king K cards, only the king in red is the silhouette image with curly hair inward.

Extended data:

In a deck of poker, only JQK's face is painted with a head, and some people call this 12 card a head card, in which everyone's head is made according to distinctive historical figures. These characters (poker characters) enjoyed a high reputation and made great contributions in the long war years. In addition, the king in poker represents the sun, Xiao Wang represents the moon, and the remaining 52 cards symbolize 52 weeks in a year.

Spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds represent spring, summer, autumn and winter. Every quarter 13 card, representing every quarter 13 weeks. The dots of each pattern (13- 13) add up to 9 1, and each season is also 9 1 day. The whole card has only two colors, red during the day and black at night.

In poker, J.Q.K corresponds to the king, queen and entourage. It happened that the clown ate it. Because:

(1) It is said that playing cards are adapted from tarot cards. In addition to the well-known fortune-telling purposes, Tarot cards were originally used for card games, and some countries still retain the game uses of Tarot cards.

(2) the clown card, a fool is a fool. In western culture, people long for freedom and equality. In tarot cards, power is temporary and laughter is eternal.

(3) When playing cards were first introduced to America, there were no clown cards. Poker vendors will put extra "billboards" with the same texture as poker in a deck, and Joker will appear as an interactive image with advertising products or words on it. But now our country also has some clown cards with advertisements on them;

In this way, the trump card becomes a substitute for any card. So in the game of fighting landlords, or in some games, the trump card becomes an arbitrary card.

To sum up, the trump card has two reasons. One is to use the divination function of tarot cards. Clown cards are the biggest and have great luck. The second is to be a speech of any card.

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