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2. Hanafuda - Wikipedia

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   A typical setup with hanafuda for playing Koi-Koi. Hanafuda ( Japanese: 花札, lit. 'flower cards' [ 1][ 2]) are a type of Japanese playing cards. They are typically smaller than Western playing cards, only 5.4 by 3.2 centimetres (2.1 by 1.3 in), but thicker and stiffer, [ 3] and often with a pronounced curve.

3. Queen (playing card) - Wikipedia

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   The queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. In many European languages, the king and queen begin with the same letter so the latter is often called dame (lady) or variations thereof. In French playing cards, the usual rank of a queen is between the king and the jack. In tarot decks, it outranks the knight which in turn outranks ...

4. Standard 52-card deck - Wikipedia

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   The standard 52-card deck [citation needed] of French-suited playing cards is the most common pack of playing cards used today. [ a ] In English-speaking countries it is the only traditional pack [ b ] used for playing cards; in many countries of the world, however, it is used alongside other traditional, often older, standard packs with ...

5. Roses (suit) - Wikipedia

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   Roses (suit) Roses or Flowers is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of Swiss-suited playing cards. This suit was invented in 15th century German speaking Switzerland and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. It is equivalent to the Hearts suit in German and French decks.

6. German-suited playing cards - Wikipedia

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   German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns ( Eichel or Kreuz ), Leaves ( Grün, Blatt, Laub, Pik or Gras ), Hearts ( Herz or Rot) and Bells ( Schelle, Schell or Bolle ). The German suit system is one of the ...

7. French-suited playing cards - Wikipedia

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   Standard 32-card deck of the Paris pattern. French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of trèfles (clovers or clubs ♣ ), carreaux (tiles or diamonds ♦ ), cœurs (hearts ♥ ), and piques (pikes or spades ♠ ). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. In a standard 52-card deck these ...

8. List of playing-card nicknames - Wikipedia

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   This list of playing card nicknames shows the nicknames of playing cards in a standard 52-card pack. Some are generic while some are specific to certain card games; others are specific to patterns, such as the courts of French playing cards for example, which often bear traditional names.

9. List of traditional card and tile packs - Wikipedia

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   The full French-suited pack contains 52 cards, organized into the 4 French card suits spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts and 13 ranks. The modern common hierarchy is ace > king > queen > jack > 10 > 9 > 8 > 7 > 6 > 5 > 4 > 3 > 2, i.e. aces are high and twos are low. Another common hierarchy is king > queen > jack > 10 > 9 > 8 > 7 > 6 > 5 > 4 ...