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hearts

Displays a decorative heart playing card suit symbol commonly used in card game notation and recreational mathematics.

Overview

Serves as a standard playing card suit symbol, particularly useful in documents discussing card games, probability, or recreational mathematics.

  • Frequently appears in probability problems involving card decks
  • Used in game theory examples and combinatorial mathematics
  • Popular in teaching materials that discuss chance and odds
  • Often combined with other suit symbols (♠, ♣, ♦) for complete card-related notation

Examples

Expressing a preference in game theory notation.

A≻B♡CA \succ B \hearts C 
A \succ B \hearts C

Indicating the hearts suit in a probability calculation.

P(♡)=1352=14P(\hearts) = \frac{13}{52} = \frac{1}{4} 
P(\hearts) = \frac{13}{52} = \frac{1}{4}

Representing a card combination in bridge notation.

7♡K♡A♡7\hearts K\hearts A\hearts 
7\hearts K\hearts A\hearts