The Number Of Unlucky

    The number 4 is considered an unlucky number in Chinese culture because it is nearly homophonous to the word "death" (死 pinyin sǐ). In Asia, the number 4 is considered ghastly unlucky because its sound byte is almost identical to that for the word "death". Phones in China do not have a series beginning with the 4. People in China don't want to use the number that has a lot of 4s, because of that the phone number has less than four 4s or doesn’t have 4s because the number is very expensive.  Some high-rise buildings lack a fourth floor. 

   While the focus on unlucky numbers, there are certain numbers that are considered unlucky in Western culture, where the 13th floor is occasionally missing from a tall building. There are so many reasons why people think  the number is unlucky. The most famous origin involves Judas Iscariot, the so-called traitor apostle, who was the 13th man at the Last Supper. Jesus was crucified on Friday, which caused the number 13 for a day of unholy luck. Friday the 13th also marked the mass execution of the medieval Knights Templar.