King (playing card)
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The king is a playing card with a picture of a king displayed on it. The king is usually the highest-ranking face card. In the French version of playing cards and tarot decks, the king immediately out
King cards of all four suits in the English pattern
French Rouen pattern on the left, Spanish Toledo pattern on the right
Evolution of the king of hearts from the Rouennais pattern to the English pattern
King of Clubs (Russian pattern)
Face card
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In a deck of playing cards, the term face card or court card, and sometimes royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. In a standard 52-card pack
The jack, queen and king of spades: three court cards (face cards) from an English pattern pack
Persian Ganjifeh courts with an ace
King, Ober, and Under of Acorns from a Swiss deck (1880)
Emperor Tenji on a yomifuda