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Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".
Tetraphobia (from Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás) 'four' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is the practice of avoiding instances of the digit 4. It is a superstition most common in East Asian nations and is associated with death.
He hunts through a garbage pile next to the darkened entrance to the building, finding the phone after several rings. Upon closer examination, the phone is displaying an incoming call from the number 4444444444 (the number "4" is symbolic of bad luck in many East Asian cultures, a phenomenon that is known as tetraphobia). Tsuyoshi answers the ...
Tetraphobia: fear of the number 4: Thalassophobia: fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean: Thanatophobia: fear of dying, a synonym of death anxiety; not to be confused with necrophobia: Thermophobia: fear of intolerance to high temperatures: Tokophobia: fear of childbirth or pregnancy: Tomophobia: fear of invasive medical procedure [40 ...
The Japanese share superstitions with other Asian cultures, particularly the Chinese, with whom they share significant historical and cultural ties. The unluckiness of the number four is one such example, as the Japanese word for "four" 四 romaji: shi is a homophone for "death" kanji: 死.
The 44th Division (第44師団, Dai-yonjūyon Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Orange Division (橘兵団, Tachibana Heidan). The 44th Division was organized on 4 April 1944, simultaneously with the 81st and 86th divisions as a defiant action against popular Japanese Tetraphobia superstition.
The exposed lift shaft of an apartment block under construction. The lift shaft has numbers marking the levels, but the 13th level is marked with a heart instead and the 14th level is marked with an upside down 4 to adderess Tetraphobia. On Friday, October 13, 1307, the arrest of the Knights Templar was ordered by Philip IV of France. While the ...
The explanation given in this article coincides exactly with the explanation given for Japanese Tetraphobia by all the Japanese people I have ever asked.Buyo 08:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC) As a Chinese myself growing up and living in Hong Kong, perhaps I can explain a bit about tetraphobia in Chinese.