Spade Symbol - Meaning, History, and Use in Playing Cards #3439577 (License: Personal Use)

This high-contrast black spade icon represents one of the four suits in a standard 52-card French-suited deck. Its distinctive shape-featuring a pointed top, two rounded lobes, and a tapered stem-derives from the German “Schippe” (shovel) and evolved through centuries of card-making tradition. Today, it signifies strength, action, and sometimes mortality in both gaming and symbolic contexts.

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