The club suit is the clover-shaped, inky-black suit from playing cards—perfect for poker flexes, bridge announcements, and “hit me” blackjack bravado. People also drop it as a punchline for “join the club” moments, from collective chaos at work to the shared struggle of Monday mornings. It pulls double duty as a dark, minimalist clover for low-key luck vibes and as a goth-chic divider in bios or captions. Nightlife pun? Absolutely—“meet me at the club ♣️” has entered the chat.
On Apple devices, it appears as a glossy, solid black trefoil: three rounded leaves snugly touching with a short stem, clean edges, and a subtle gray gradient that gives a slightly beveled, polished look. The silhouette is bold and centered, no face, no sparkle—just that classic playing-card vibe you’d recognize from a Bicycle deck. It reads crisp at tiny sizes and looks like three teardrops perfectly hugging.
Culturally, it traces back to the French trèfle (clover), and in bridge it’s the lowest-ranking suit—great for humble-bragging after a scrappy win. Online, it’s a favorite for sarcastic welcomes—“Welcome to the anxiety club ♣️”—and a neat stand-in for clover on St. Patrick’s Day when you want something darker than a shamrock. You’ll see it with spades for an edgy aesthetic, in Vegas trip captions, Black Clover anime nods, and even nostalgic Club Penguin jokes. It’s the quiet, cool symbol that says: luck, but make it noir.
Definition
A white playing card with a black club on it. iEmoji old name: Clubs Card.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1069 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:clubs:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Club Suit
Club Suit
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode Range
2600–26FF
Unicode Subcategory
Playing Card Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Cards
Names & Annotations
BLACK CLUB SUIT = ARIB-9374
Symbol Information
♣ U+2663 unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier
e-B1D
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#83 'Club' クラブ 「kurabu」 U+E690 SJIS-F8F1 JIS-7842
KDDI
#316 クラブ 「kurabu」 U+E5A3 SJIS-F7C0 JIS-7842
Softbank
#376 #old195 クローバー 「kuroobaa」 U+E20F SJIS-F7AF
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
♣
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
♣
Decimal HTML Entity
♣
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
♣
Hex Code Point(s)
2663
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2663
Decimal Code Point(s)
9827
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x99 0xA3
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 99 A3
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 231 243
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2663
UTF-16 Hex
2663
UTF-16 Dec
9827
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002663
UTF-32 Hex
2663
UTF-32 Dec
9827
Python Src
u"\u2663"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x99\xa3"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2663"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
♣️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
♣️
Decimal HTML Entity
♣ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
♣ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
2663, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2663, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9827, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x99 0xA3, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 99 A3, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 231 243, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2663, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
2663, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9827, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002663 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
2663, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9827, 65039
Python Src
u"\u2663\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x99\xa3\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2663\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
