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{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Playing Cards
|rangestart = 1F0A0
|rangeend = 1F0FF
|script1 = [[Script (Unicode)#Special script property values|Common]]
|symbols = Playing cards symbols
|6_0 = 59
|7_0 = 23
|note = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}</ref>
}}
The [[Unicode block]] [[playing card|'''Playing Cards''']] contains a full 56-[[Card deck (gaming)|card deck]] for the [[Minor Arcana]] (i.e. a [[standard 52-card deck]] with King, Queen and Jack picture court cards, and a [[Knight (playing card)|Knight]] in all [[playing card suit|four suits]]) three [[joker (playing card)|joker]]s, 21 [[Trump (card games)|trump card]] images of the [[Major Arcana]], and a backside.

== Unification ==

Unicode unifies several ranks that may be considered different by some players:

* Ace with One (1)
* Jack with Page<!--, Bower--> and Under Knave
* Knight with Cavalier and Over Knave<!--, Officer, Bishop-->

<!--
* I, Individual with Magician, Magus, Juggler
* II, Childhood with High Priestess, Popess, Priestess
* III, Youth with Empress
* IV, Maturity with Emperor
* V, Old Age with Hierophant, Pope
* VI, Morning with Lovers
* VII, Afternoon with Chariot
* VIII, Evening with Justice, Adjustment
* IX, Night with Hermit
* X, Earth & Air with Wheel of Fortune
* XI, Water & Fire with Strength, Fortitude, Lust, Power
* XII, Dance with Hanged Man
* XIII, Shopping with Death
* XIV, Outdoors, Open Air with Temperance, Art
* XV, Visual Arts with Devil
* XVI, Spring with Tower
* XVII, Summer with Star
* XVIII, Autumn with Moon
* XIX, Winter with Sun
* XX, Game with Judgement, Angel, Aeon
* XXI, Collective with World, Universe
-->

It also unifies the various suits, using the English names for the French pattern: 

* Spades with Leaves, Shields, Pikes and Swords
* Hearts with Roses and Cups
* Diamonds with Tiles, Bells, Coins and Pentacles
* Clubs with Clovers, Batons, Wands and Acorns

Proposals to disunify mundane playing cards from esoteric, arcane tarot cards have been rejected in 2011.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

== Chart ==

{{Unicode chart Playing Cards}}

===Emoji===
The Playing Cards block contains one [[emoji]]:
{{unichar|1F0CF|PLAYING CARD BLACK JOKER}}.<ref name="UTR51">{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/|title=UTR #51: Unicode Emoji|publisher=Unicode Consortium|date=2020-02-11}}</ref><ref name="EmojiData">{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/emoji/emoji-data.txt|title=UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51|publisher=Unicode Consortium|date=2021-08-26}}</ref>

==History==
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Playing Cards block:

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! [[Unicode#Versions|Version]] !! {{nobr|Final code points<ref group=lower-alpha name=final/>}} !! Count !! [[International Committee for Information Technology Standards|L2]]&nbsp;ID !! [[ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2|WG2]]&nbsp;ID !! Document
|-
| rowspan="8" | 6.0 || rowspan="8" width="180" | U+1F0A0..1F0AE, 1F0B1..1F0BE, 1F0C1..1F0CF, 1F0D1..1F0DF<ref group=lower-alpha name=emojidocs/> || rowspan="8" | 59 || {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04163-n2760-dominoes.pdf L2/04-163]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2760.pdf N2760] || {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode dominoes and other game symbols in the UCS|date=2004-05-18|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06288-game-cmts.pdf L2/06-288]}} || || {{Citation|title=Comments on L2/04-163 - Domino tiles and other game symbols|date=2006-08-06|first=Karl|last=Pentzlin|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09025r2-emoji.pdf L2/09-025R2]}} || {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3582.pdf N3582]<ref group=lower-alpha name=n3621/>}} || {{Citation|title=Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols|date=2009-03-05|first1=Markus|last1=Scherer|first2=Mark|last2=Davis|author-link2=Mark Davis (Unicode)|first3=Kat|last3=Momoi|first4=Darick|last4=Tong|first5=Yasuo|last5=Kida|first6=Peter|last6=Edberg|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09026r-emoji-proposed.pdf L2/09-026R]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3583.pdf N3583] || {{Citation|title=Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding|date=2009-02-06|first1=Markus|last1=Scherer|first2=Mark|last2=Davis|first3=Kat|last3=Momoi|first4=Darick|last4=Tong|first5=Yasuo|last5=Kida|first6=Peter|last6=Edberg|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09027r2-emoji-backgrnd.pdf L2/09-027R2]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3681.pdf N3681] || {{Citation|title=Emoji Symbols: Background Data|date=2009-09-17|first=Markus|last=Scherer|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09114-n3607-emoji.pdf L2/09-114]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3607.pdf N3607] || {{Citation|title=Towards an encoding of symbol characters used as emoji|date=2009-04-06|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10089-n3777.pdf L2/10-089]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3777.pdf N3777] || {{Citation|title=KDDI Input on Emoji|date=2010-03-08|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10132-emojidata.pdf L2/10-132]}} || || {{Citation|title=Emoji Symbols: Background Data|date=2010-04-27|first1=Markus|last1=Scherer|first2=Mark|last2=Davis|first3=Kat|last3=Momoi|first4=Darick|last4=Tong|first5=Yasuo|last5=Kida|first6=Peter|last6=Edberg|ref=none}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 7.0 || rowspan="5" | U+1F0BF, 1F0E0..1F0F5 || rowspan="5" | 23 || {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11095-n4012-playingcards.pdf L2/11-095]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4012.pdf N4012] || {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode additional playing card characters in the UCS|date=2011-04-01|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Karl|last2=Pentzlin|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11102r-tarot.pdf L2/11-102 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11102-tarot.txt txt]) || || {{Citation|title=Clarification of Tarot cards|date=2011-04-06|first=Mark|last=Davis|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11216-n4089-playingcards.pdf L2/11-216]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4089.pdf N4089] || {{Citation|title=Proposal to disunify playing card and tarot card characters in the UCS|date=2011-05-31|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Karl|last2=Pentzlin|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11261.htm L2/11-261R2]}} || || {{Citation|title=UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes|date=2011-08-16|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Motion 128-M2}}
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| || {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.pdf N4253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.doc doc]) || {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59|date=2012-09-12|ref=none|section=M59.12}}
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 <ref name=final>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names</ref>
 <ref name=emojidocs>Refer to the [[Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs#History|history section]] of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents</ref>
 <ref name=n3621>Japanese translation of N3582 is available as [http://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3621.pdf N3621]</ref>}}
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==References==
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