Other businesses have changed names or avoided the number four in other ways, such as Japanese camera company Fuji skipping the number four model of their camera series. Some Asian buildings, such as hospitals, skip the fourth floor on buildings, leaving elevator options going from floor three straight to floor five. Across these languages, the word for four sounds very similar to the word for death. (Plus, Beyoncé considers four to be especially lucky, and who are we to argue with the Queen B?) However, in many East and Southeast Asian cultures, the number four means anything but good luck.Ĭhina, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam are some of the Asian countries who consider four a very unlucky number.

Finding a four-leaf clover has been said to mean anything from representing faith, to blessing you with good luck, to even being able to see fairies. Have you ever found a four-leaf clover? In many European and Western cultures, four-leaf clovers ( not to be confused with the Irish shamrock) are considered a sign of good luck.

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