• @leadore@lemmy.world
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      32 days ago

      DDD

      444

      Out of curiosity I looked up “444” and there’s a bunch of links saying it means a guardian angel. Appropriate?

      • @kreskin@lemmy.world
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        52 days ago

        4 is avoided in Chinese and Japanese. Although contextually its not too far off the mark in this case.

        in JP, 4 sounds like ‘shi’, meaning death. 43 sounds like the word for ‘stillbirth’. (‘shi’ also means particle, or also emoticon) In China, 4 = ‘death’, 14 = ‘must die’, 24 = ‘easy to die’

        • Gadg8eer
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          12 days ago

          Yes, but for reasons I don’t remember at the moment, “444” is considered joyful laughter, not danger. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

          • @leadore@lemmy.world
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            22 days ago

            So we have guardian angel, “death”, and “joyful laughter” associated with 444, that all fits.

      • Cethin
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        12 days ago

        It sounds like what you’re reading is an “angle number.” I’m not sure if that’s what’s referenced above.