unlucky numbers
Thirteen, for example
Numbers considered to bring bad fortune, varying by culture.
In Western societies, thirteen is the classic unlucky number—buildings skip the thirteenth floor, and Friday the 13th carries superstitious dread.
In East Asian cultures, four is unlucky because it sounds like the word for death in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
She refused a room on the fourth floor.
- thirteenAfter twelve, before fourteen
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- omenProphetic indicator
- curseInvoked harm through words
four · bad omen · misfortune · hexed · taboo · knock on wood · doomed · ill-fated · avoided · feared · death · broken mirror · elevator · floor · skipped · triskaidekaphobia · casino · dice
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- cultural associationswedding traditions, religious icons, national symbols, superstitions, folk beliefs
- Asian customsbowing, chopsticks, tea ceremony, red envelopes, filial piety
- superstitionssuperstition, superstitions, hexes, black cats, broken mirror
- Sacred Numbersthree, seven, one, seventy, twelve
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Digits thought auspicious
seven · eight · angel numbers · three · sacred numbers
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