This is a presentation made by Hyunwoo Jung in one of my classes (Languages & Cultures of East Asia) at University of Arizona. All rights are reserved by the author.
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1. Ke Peng| Students Presentations for Languages & Cultures
of East Asia Hyunwoo Jung University of Arizona
2. The Number That People Like The Number That People Dislike
Why?
3. 8(, b) 9(, ji ) 6(, li | l)
4. 8(, b)s pronunciation is similar to (f). (f ci) has the
meaning to earn money. 9(, ji )s pronunciation is similar to (ji ).
has the meaning perfect. (ji ) has the meaning lasts long.
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNbpvdO KuiM This video shows
how much significance Chinese impose on lucky number 8
6. 6(, li | l)s pronunciation is similar to (li). (li) has the
meaning Its going well . Especially 66 has the meaning Its going
very well.
7. Its because the numbers (8, 9, 6) have the similar
pronunciation of the letter which have a good meaning.
8. 4(, s) 3(, sn) 7(, q)
9. 4(, s)s pronunciation is similar to (s ). (s ) has the
meaning death. 3( , sn)s pronunciation is similar to (s n). (s n)
has the meaning to spread out
10. 7(, q)s pronunciation is similar to (q) (shng q) has the
meaning be upse t
11. Its because the numbers (4, 3, 7) have the similar
pronunciation of the letter which have a bad meaning.
12. 3(, sam) 7(, chil)
13. In ancient Korea, 3 symbolized person 1 => sky 2 =>
earth 1+2 = 3 => sky + earth = person 7 has the meaning lucky
Lucky seven
14. Unlike China, it is not always related to the
pronunciation. Because of the symbolization that the numbers
have
15. 4(, sa)
16. It is because of the same reason as Chinese. 4(, sa) has
the similar pronunciation as (, sa) ( ,
17. Korean focuses less on the numbers than Chinese. How about
Japanese? Japanese rarely care about the numbers. How about
US?
18. Chinese sell the vehicle plate number and the phone number
which include a lot of 8, 6. In Taobao.com 1391-880-8888 was sold
at $3300 In EachNet.com 135-8585-8585 was sold at $1.2 million The
numbers that have 4 might be sold for free.
19. Previously, in China, people get the car number randomly.
Nowadays, the numbers that have 4 are not issued because those who
got the number protested.
20. In China, some hotels use G instead of 14 for displaying
the floor. 14() has the similar pronunciation with that has the
meaning to want to die In Korea, they also sometimes replace 4 to
some shapes like star.
21. In Korea, they have preference for some numbers but they do
not sell number like China. Korean care less about numbers than
Chinese.
