Because in cantonese 4 sounds lik.
Japanese hotels with no fourth floor.
Shinu is the verb to die.
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The japanese word for the fourth floor is 4階.
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No that s not true.
Military aircraft and ships also avoid the number 4 such as in the south korean and taiwanese navies.
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The japanese word for the number four has two pronunciations yon and shi.
Table number 4 14 24.
Tetraphobia is known to occur in korea and japan since the two words sound.
Now i know in japanese culture the numbers 4 四 shi and 7 七 shichi have shi in them which is death 死 shi and the japanese are very superstitious so they have alternate names for 4 and 7 yon and nana.
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Elevators in asia and asian neighborhoods often skip the 4th floor.
Floors as the word four hanzi.
However some places of south china especially guangdong and hong kong there are some buildings that avoid the 4th floor even 14th and 24th etc.
Shi can also mean death.
Another way to say the eighth floor in japanese is 8階.
Kono hoteru wa gokaidate desu this hotel is a five story building this hotel is a five floor building.
Comment by punipuni on 07 23 2013 at 12 17 am.
The apartment comes with a tv.
As a result the number four is considered unlucky so they ll sometimes skip it when numbering hotel and hos.
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In the hospital where sakakibara was having his checkups and where sanae worked the elevator had no 4th floor.
Ranging from hotels to offices to apartments as well as hospitals.
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