# ♠️ Spade suit emoji

♠️ Spade suit is an emoji in the games set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: card and game.

- Emoji: ♠️
- Unicode name: spade suit
- Code points: U+2660 U+FE0F
- Category: Activities, Games
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :spades:
- Keywords: card, game, spade, suit
- Page: https://emojichart.com/spade-suit-emoji

## What it means

The black spade symbol, one of the four suits in a deck of playing cards. It appears in card games like poker, bridge and spades, and as a general symbol for cards.

## How to type ♠️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “spade suit”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “spade suit”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “spade suit”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “spade suit”.
- GitHub: Type :spades: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | palo de picas | carta, juego, palo, palo de picas, picas |
| Français (fr) | pique | carte, couleur, jeu, pique |
| Deutsch (de) | Pik | Karten, Kartenspiel, Pik |
| Italiano (it) | picche | carte, picche, seme |
| Português (pt) | naipe de espadas | baralho, carta, espadas, jogo, naipe, naipe de espadas |
| Nederlands (nl) | schoppen | kaart, kaarten, schoppen, spel |
| Svenska (sv) | spader | färg, kort, spader, svart spader |
| Polski (pl) | pik | gra, karta, pik, talia |
| Türkçe (tr) | maça | iskambil, kart, maça, pik |
| Русский (ru) | пики | игра, карты, масть, пики |
| Українська (uk) | піка | азарт, гра, карта, карти, масть, піка, пікова дама |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μπαστούνι | μπαστούνι, παιχνίδι, χαρτιά, χρώμα |
| العربية (ar) | ورقة البستوني | بطاقة, رمز, كرت, كوتشينة, لعبة, ورق شدة, ورقة, ورقة البستوني |
| עברית (he) | קלף עלה | משחק, עלה, קלף, קלפים |
| فارسی (fa) | خال پیک | بازی, پیک, خال, کارت |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हुकुम का पत्ता | कार्ड, ताश, हुकुम का पत्ता |
| বাংলা (bn) | স্পেড স্যুট | কার্ড, খেলা, তাস খেলা, স্পেড, স্যুট |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | waru | kartu, permainan, sekop, waru |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bộ bích | bài, bộ bài bích, bộ bích, trò chơi |
| ไทย (th) | โพดำ | เกม, โพดำ, ไพ่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | スペード | カード, スペード, トランプ |
| 한국어 (ko) | 스페이드 | 게임, 스페이드, 스페이드 모양, 카드 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黑桃 | 扑克, 牌, 葵扇, 黑桃, 黑桃花色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黑桃 | 撲克牌, 紙牌, 花色, 黑桃 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): skoppens
- Akan (ak): spaa
- Albanian (sq): figurë maç
- Amharic (am): የካርታ ጦር
- Armenian (hy): ղառ
- Assamese (as): ইস্কাপন
- Azerbaijani (az): qaratoxmaq dəsti
- Bashkir (ba): ҡарға тамғаһы
- Basque (eu): pika
- Belarusian (be): віны
- Bosnian (bs): pik
- Breton (br): pikez
- Bulgarian (bg): пика
- Burmese (my): ဖူးဖဲချပ်အတွဲ
- Cantonese (yue): 葵扇
- Catalan (ca): pal de piques
- Cherokee (chr): ᎪᏕᏍᏗ ᏧᏠᏱᎭ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 葵扇
- Chuvash (cv): курак карт тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): pik
- Czech (cs): piky
- Danish (da): spar
- Estonian (et): poti
- Faroese (fo): spaðari
- Filipino (fil): spade
- Finnish (fi): pata
- Galician (gl): picas
- Georgian (ka): ყვავები
- Gujarati (gu): કાળીનું પત્તું
- Hausa (ha): zubin suffa
- Hungarian (hu): pikk szín
- Icelandic (is): spaði
- Igbo (ig): joka spedi
- Irish (ga): dath spéireata
- Javanese (jv): kertu sekop
- Kalaallisut (kl): spar
- Kannada (kn): ಸ್ಪೇಡ್ ಸೂಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): қарға
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قارعا
- Khmer (km): ប៊ិច (ល្បែងបៀ)
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikimenyeso cy’ipiki
- Konkani (kok): स्पेड सूट
- Kyrgyz (ky): карга
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): nimatz’i’aqb’al
- Lao (lo): ໂພດຳ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): picas
- Latvian (lv): pīķis
- Lithuanian (lt): pikai
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pik
- Luxembourgish (lb): Schëppen
- Macedonian (mk): пик во карти
- Malay (ms): daun sped
- Malayalam (ml): സ്‌പെയ്‌ഡ് സ്യൂട്ട്
- Maltese (mt): taqsima tal-ispati
- Marathi (mr): इस्पिक
- Mongolian (mn): хөзрийн гил
- Māori (mi): hūtu pēti
- Nepali (ne): हुकुम
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Sped Pléyín Kad
- Northern Sotho (nso): sutu ya sepeiti
- Norwegian (no): spar
- Odia (or): ସ୍ପେଡ୍‍ ସୁଟ୍‍
- Oromo (om): mallattoo ispeed
- Pashto (ps): د قرې پته
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੁਕਮ ਦੇ ਪੱਤੇ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پھاؤڑا لباس
- Quechua (qu): espada tarhita
- Romanian (ro): pică
- Romansh (rm): palas
- Sardinian (sc): bastos
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): dath speura
- Serbian (sr): пик
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): pik
- Shan (shn): ၽူးလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): اسپيڊ سوٽ
- Sinhala (si): ඉස්කෝප්පය
- Slovak (sk): pika
- Slovenian (sl): pik
- Somali (so): farshaxan
- Swahili (sw): shupaza
- Tajik (tg): қарамашшоқ
- Tamil (ta): ஸ்பேட் கார்டு
- Telugu (te): పేకాటలో స్పేడ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ስፓድ ኮስትሞ
- Tongan (to): sipeiti
- Tswana (tn): sutu ya sepeite
- Turkmen (tk): gara kart
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): łopješko
- Urdu (ur): حکم کا پتہ
- Uyghur (ug): قاغا
- Uzbek (uz): qarg‘a kartasi
- Welsh (cy): siwt rhofiau
- Wolof (wo): pikk yépp
- Xhosa (xh): i-spade suit
- Yoruba (yo): ìpín káàdì sípèdì
- Zulu (zu): uspeyidi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2660 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `♠️` |
| CSS | `\2660\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2660}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2660\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 99 A0 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2660 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%99%A0%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ♠️ spade suit emoji mean?

The black spade symbol, one of the four suits in a deck of playing cards. It appears in card games like poker, bridge and spades, and as a general symbol for cards.

### How do I type the ♠️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “spade suit”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :spades:.

### When was the ♠️ emoji added?

♠️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ♠️?

U+2660 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ♠️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2660}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/spade-suit-emoji