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tetraphobia

n. Custom of avoiding the number four (4) commonly seen in East Asian countries in which the words for "4" and "death" are paronymous or homophonous.

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Tetraphobia

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(four)


(death)

Mandarin Chinese

Wu Chinese ( Shanghainese)

sy²

Cantonese

sei³

Hakka

si³

Min Nan ( Hokkien)

sì, sù

Vietnamese

tư, tứ

Korean

sa

Japanese

shi

Tetraphobia (from Greek τετράς—tetras, "four" and φόβος—phobos, "fear") is the practice of avoiding instances of the number . It is a superstition most common in East Asian nations.