Diamonds is one of the four suits found in playing cards.
In bridge, it ranks third highest of the four suits, above clubs, but below hearts. It is typically associated with wealth or riches.
The symbol was first used on French playing cards, made in Rouen and Lyon in the 15th Century, around the time that playing cards were first mass-produced by the use of woodcuts. The suits were based on the four major economic classes of the late Middle Ages: spades represented the military, hearts represented the church, clubs represented agriculture and diamonds represented trade merchants.
Analogues in other suits
Meanings in other languages
Сodes of symbol
Unicode —U+2666 and U+2662:
- ♦ ♢
HTML — ♦ (or ♦) and ♢:
- ♦ ♢
Example cards
The Beatles TV show
On the Beatles TV show, George Harrison is the diamonds suit.
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