• leadore@lemmy.world
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        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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          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@sh.itjust.works
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            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.

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

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