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A red rounded form, the one suit that survived every regional redesign.
Also known as: Hearts, Red heart on a card
Hearts appear in the German, Swiss and French suit systems alike, which makes them the only shape common to all three. The card heart and the modern love heart are the same conventional form, and neither resembles the organ.
One of the four French suits, printed in red.
The only suit shared by the German, Swiss and French systems, which is why a central European deck is still legible to a reader who knows only the French suits: one suit in four will be familiar.
The shape is the conventional heart of medieval European iconography and not a drawing of the organ. Its use on cards and its use as a mark of affection descend from the same convention rather than one from the other.
A solid red shape with two rounded lobes at the top meeting in a dip, tapering to a point at the bottom.