The Unicode block Playing Cards contains a full 56-card deck for the Minor Arcana (i.e. a standard 52-card deck with King, Queen and Jack picture court cards, and a Knight in all four suits) three jokers, 21 trump card images of the Major Arcana, and a backside.
| Playing Cards | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1F0A0..U+1F0FF (96 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Symbol sets | Playing cards symbols |
| Assigned | 82 code points |
| Unused | 14 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 6.0 (2010) | 59 (+59) |
| 7.0 (2014) | 82 (+23) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chartโโฃโWeb page | |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Unification
editUnicode unifies several ranks that may be considered different by some players:
- Ace with One (1)
- Jack with Page and Under Knave
- Knight with Cavalier and Over Knave
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.[citation needed]
Chart
edit| Playing Cards[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| ย | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| U+1F0Ax | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ข | ๐ฃ | ๐ค | ๐ฅ | ๐ฆ | ๐ง | ๐จ | ๐ฉ | ๐ช | ๐ซ | ๐ฌ | ๐ญ | ๐ฎ | |
| U+1F0Bx | ๐ฑ | ๐ฒ | ๐ณ | ๐ด | ๐ต | ๐ถ | ๐ท | ๐ธ | ๐น | ๐บ | ๐ป | ๐ผ | ๐ฝ | ๐พ | ๐ฟ | |
| U+1F0Cx | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | |
| U+1F0Dx | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | |
| U+1F0Ex | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ข | ๐ฃ | ๐ค | ๐ฅ | ๐ฆ | ๐ง | ๐จ | ๐ฉ | ๐ช | ๐ซ | ๐ฌ | ๐ญ | ๐ฎ | ๐ฏ |
| U+1F0Fx | ๐ฐ | ๐ฑ | ๐ฒ | ๐ณ | ๐ด | ๐ต | ||||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
Emoji
editThe Playing Cards block contains one emoji: U+1F0CF ๐ PLAYING CARD BLACK JOKER.[3][4]
History
editThe following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Playing Cards block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2ย ID | WG2ย ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | U+1F0A0..1F0AE, 1F0B1..1F0BE, 1F0C1..1F0CF, 1F0D1..1F0DF[b] | 59 | L2/04-163 | N2760 | Everson, Michael (2004-05-18), Proposal to encode dominoes and other game symbols in the UCS |
| L2/06-288 | Pentzlin, Karl (2006-08-06), Comments on L2/04-163 - Domino tiles and other game symbols | ||||
| L2/09-025R2 | N3582[c] | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-03-05), Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols | |||
| L2/09-026R | N3583 | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-02-06), Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding | |||
| L2/09-027R2 | N3681 | Scherer, Markus (2009-09-17), Emoji Symbols: Background Data | |||
| L2/09-114 | N3607 | Towards an encoding of symbol characters used as emoji, 2009-04-06 | |||
| L2/10-089 | N3777 | KDDI Input on Emoji, 2010-03-08 | |||
| L2/10-132 | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2010-04-27), Emoji Symbols: Background Data | ||||
| 7.0 | U+1F0BF, 1F0E0..1F0F5 | 23 | L2/11-095 | N4012 | Everson, Michael; Pentzlin, Karl (2011-04-01), Proposal to encode additional playing card characters in the UCS |
| L2/11-102 (pdf, txt) | Davis, Mark (2011-04-06), Clarification of Tarot cards | ||||
| L2/11-216 | N4089 | Everson, Michael; Pentzlin, Karl (2011-05-31), Proposal to disunify playing card and tarot card characters in the UCS | |||
| L2/11-261R2 | Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Motion 128-M2", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes | ||||
| N4253 (pdf, doc) | "M59.12", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59, 2012-09-12 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2020-02-11.
- ^ "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2021-08-26.