Floor 44 Superstition

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Floor 44 superstition. In many east asian cultures including china korea japan and taiwan the number 4 is considered unlucky. If you step onto an elevator you probably won t see a button indicating the fourth floor because most apartment buildings and hospitals skip the number altogether. By kyle scott clauss 2 8 2016 10 05 a m. The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m the.

Tetraphobia from ancient greek τετράς tetrás meaning four and ancient greek φόβος phóbos meaning fear is the practice of avoiding instances of the digit 4 it is a superstition most common in east asian nations. Korail korea s national railroad company skipped locomotive number 4444. The millennium tower has no 44th floor because of an asian superstition one dalton won t have one either. In beijing it s not even possible to get a vehicle license plate that has.

The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky. How chinese superstition about the number 4 makes beijing traffic worse. Even though this is just a superstition at least that s why i tell myself it really does affect how people act you don t do things in fours you don t give gifts in fours etc. Omitting the 13th floor may take a variety of forms.

Some numbers are lucky. Sometimes in korea the fourth floor will be labeled f instead of 4.