• leadore@lemmy.world
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    5 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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      5 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@sh.itjust.works
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        4 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.

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          4 days ago

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

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      5 days ago

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