{"id":1531,"date":"2022-07-01T13:44:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperslife.com\/english\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2022-07-01T13:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:44:14","slug":"why-asians-are-afraid-of-the-number-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paperslife.com\/english\/why-asians-are-afraid-of-the-number-4\/","title":{"rendered":"why Asians are afraid of the number “4”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

China, Japan, and Korea are the main economic and technological flagships of the planet. However, this does not prevent the inhabitants of these countries from remaining superstitious and believing in omens. The main fear of the Asians is the number 4, which they call the sign of death. This is taken most seriously in China, where they believe in the magic of numbers and their influence on human life. This superstitious fear even acquired its name – tetraphobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of the fourth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Chinese, “four” sounds the same as “death”. The word differs only in tone during pronunciation. Chinese is tonal with a limited number of permitted syllables, resulting in a lot of phonetic ambiguity. For example, when pronouncing the number “94” it can be interpreted as something that has been dead for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the Han Chinese, the word with slight changes migrated to Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and other languages \u200b\u200bof Southeast Asia. In everyday life, Asians avoid the number 4 and try not to mention it. It is not pronounced near a sick relative and they try not to give any four items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scope of superstition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In China, it is believed that Beijing was denied hosting the 2004 Olympics only because of an unlucky date, but the 2008 games were held in China. This is due to the fact that 8 in Chinese culture means good luck and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong’s Vista Paradiso and The Arch skip floors 40 to 49. In Taiwan, 4 is not used for house numbering. Singapore’s public transport operator SMRT omitted the “4” from subway and rail car numbering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The navies of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and South Korea try not to assign #4 to their ships, aircraft, and missiles. Asians have the same attitude towards 14,24,34 and other numbers with “4” in their composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guido Mista is a tetraphobic character in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. The fear of a prime number has firmly entered the modern culture of China, Japan, and Korea, and not a lot of the villages and the uneducated population. Today, “digits of death” are part of urban folklore: they are told about in movies, books, and anime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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