Diamond suit Emoji

Activities

A bold, red, four-sided diamond shape representing the diamond suit found in a standard 52-card deck. It is sharp, symmetrical, and instantly recognizable as a primary suit in card games.

Usage Context

Widely used to denote playing cards, gambling, or casino themes. It is a staple in digital communication for discussing poker, bridge, or solitaire. You will often see it paired with other suits like ♠, ♥, or ♣ when someone is setting up a virtual card game or talking about strategy.

History

The diamond suit traces its origins back to 15th-century French playing cards, which were redesigned from earlier German and Swiss decks to be cheaper and faster to produce using stencils. It was officially codified in Unicode 1.1 in 1993 alongside other classic card suit icons to support standard gaming applications on early desktop operating systems.

Details

Glyph

♦

Unicode

U+2666

Shortcode

:emoji_u2666:

HTML Entity

♦

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Activities

Subcategory game

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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