What does the k in playing cards mean?

In the modern usage of playing cards, k is the abbreviation of King, which stands for king. The mainstream view is that the four colors of K represent Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne and King David respectively.

J, Q and K in playing cards are abbreviations of English Jack (knight), Queen (queen) and King (king). The characters in the common 12 cards also have their own western historical and cultural origins, representing a certain character in history. The following are four historical figures represented by K:

Box k: Caesar, a famous Roman politician. The stone side of Caesar's portrait on the Roman Empire coin. From then on, among the four kings K, only the king with the red side is silhouette, with his hair curled inward and holding a tomahawk, representing power.

K of clubs: Alexander, who first established his dominance in all Greece, and then destroyed the Persian Empire. On the vast land across Eurasia. Established a huge empire with Greece and Macedonia in the west, the Indus Valley in the east, the first waterfall of the Nile in the south and Babylon as its capital in the north. He always wears cross jewels on his clothes, which is the characteristic of King K of Plum Blossoms.

King of hearts: Charlemagne, King Frank. The first shop assistant who carved his image on the board with a chisel accidentally slipped the chisel and hung off the beard on his upper lip. Since then, the king of hearts has been printed with this painting as a specimen. Therefore, only in the heart will there be a king card with no beard, hair curled inward and sword behind the head.

Spades K: David, the father of Solomon, the seat of the king of Israel in the 10 century BC. He is good at playing the harp and has written many hymns in the Bible, so there are often patterns of the harp on the king's K card, and his hair is curled outside.