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The number 9. Fear of the number 9 is known as enneaphobia, in Japanese culture; this is because it sounds like the Japanese word for "suffering". [4] [5] The number 13. Fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia. The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39.
Sounds like the Chinese word for "fortune". See Numbers in Chinese culture#Eight. Used to mean the sacred and infinite in Japanese. A prime example is using the number 8 to refer to Countless/Infinite Gods (八百万の神, Yaoyorozu no Kami) (lit. Eight Million Gods). See 8#As a lucky number. Aitvaras: Lithuania [5] Acorns: Norse [6] Albatross
Certain numbers hold significance for particular cultures and communities. It is common for buildings to omit certain floors on their elevator panels and there are specific terms for people with severe aversions to specific numbers. [59] Triskaidekaphobia, for example, is the fear of the number 13. [60]
CSGO says players should avoid the notoriously unlucky number 13, which has been drawn only 51 times in 8 years. The bottom 10, unluckiest numbers with the fewest frequency are: 13. 49. 34. 29. 26 ...
The new scheme had first number stand for the U.S. fiscal year, the next number was a launch site (1 or 2), and the next was the number of the mission numbered with a letter for that period. [ 24 ] In the case of the actual 13th flight, the crew was apparently not superstitious and made a humorous mission patch that had a black cat on it. [ 24 ]
Most cultures consider some numbers to be lucky or unlucky. This is found to be particularly strong in Asian cultures, where the obtaining of "lucky" telephone numbers, automobile license plate numbers, and household addresses (such as those which contain the digit 6 or 8) are actively sought, sometimes at great monetary expense.
A study by gambling website CSGOluck shows the luckiest and unluckiest numbers in Powerball. Are you playing any of these?
Some numbers are believed by some to be auspicious or lucky (吉利, pinyin: jílì; Cantonese Yale: gātleih) or inauspicious or unlucky (不吉, pinyin: bùjí; Cantonese Yale: bātgāt) based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to. The numbers 6 and 8 are widely considered to be lucky, while 4 is considered