Spade suit Emoji

Activities

A solid black, heart-shaped symbol pointing upward with a small stem at the base. It is the iconic black spade suit found in a standard 52-card deck of playing cards.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent card games like poker, bridge, or solitaire. Beyond gaming, it is frequently used as a shorthand for the 'spade' suit in bridge notation or to signify a sharp, tactical personality. It is often grouped with its fellow suits like ♥, ♦, and ♣.

History

The four suits we recognize today originated in 15th-century France. The spade was designed to represent the nobility and the aristocracy, evolving from the earlier Italian sword icon. It became a standard part of digital communication sets in the late 90s to ensure consistent game representation across desktop and early mobile platforms.

Details

Glyph

♠

Unicode

U+2660

Shortcode

:emoji_u2660:

HTML Entity

♠

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory game

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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