What is a lucky and unlucky number in your culture? Why? What personal experiences have shaped your beliefs about lucky or unlucky numbers? by Dana Shih

dshih — 2025-09-21 15:11:34 UTC

In Taiwan, 6 is considered a lucky number because liù (六) sounds like liú (流), which means “smooth” or “everything goes well.” It is often associated with things running smoothly in life or work. On the other hand, 4 is viewed as an unlucky number because sì (四) sounds like sǐ (死), meaning “death.” For this reason, many buildings in Taiwan skip the 4th floor, similar to how Western buildings often skip the 13th floor.

dshih — 2025-09-21 15:37:43 UTC

When I picked a phone number in Taiwan, I chose one with the number 6 because it means “smooth” and lucky. I never wanted the number 4, since it sounds like “death.” Later, my dad’s car plate had 66 on it, and my family believed it brought good luck. That’s why I always prefer 6 and avoid 4.

11426_140 — 2025-09-23 13:03:17 UTC

my lucky number is 11 because its my family's sports number

2025-09-23 13:03:20 UTC

My lucky number is 67 because its sigma and internet famous and America loves it

11532_31 — 2025-09-23 13:03:32 UTC

My lucky number is 9.5478 because one day I thought of it and I actually remembered. My unlucky number is 143 because it is just ugly.

12673_15 — 2025-09-23 13:04:14 UTC

In my family, the number 42 is considered lucky because the bus to our old apartment in Paris was bus 42, and my brother would get excited whenever he saw the number 42, so it just became a tradition.

12236_34 — 2025-09-23 13:04:17 UTC

My lucky number is 100 because we once went 100 days without disagreeing on anything. My unluky number is 911 because my aunt and uncle died on that day.

2025-09-23 13:04:26 UTC

My lucky number is 72 because it is lucky.

2025-09-23 13:04:31 UTC

I think that 11 is considered unlucky because some bad things happened during the 11th of September.

2025-09-23 13:04:35 UTC

An unlucky number in American culture is 13, because in Norse mythology, Loki was the 13th guest at a feast, leading to death. In Christianity, Judas was the 13th guest at the Last Supper, which preceded Jesus's crucifixion.

Cultural impact: The superstition is so strong that some buildings omit the 13th floor.

A lucky number in American culture is 7 (or potentially 67) because 7 has to do with winning a lot of money in the lottery.

2025-09-23 13:04:42 UTC

In western places 13 is considered unlucky

2025-09-23 13:04:45 UTC

Seven is considered lucky for me since it's used as a jackpot system in gambling.

14762_25 — 2025-09-23 13:04:50 UTC

8 and 4. I usually couldnt tell if si was "Die" or "Poop" so I just said it a lot when I was little. but I liked the numbers 26 or 27 ;-;

11450_32 — 2025-09-23 13:04:55 UTC

The lucky number is 8, and the unlucky number is 4, because I'm also Chinese

11449_29 — 2025-09-23 13:04:57 UTC

My lucky number is 7, because one of my soccer number is seven and my other soccer number is 57, so they both have seven in it. My unlucky number is 0 because i just don't really like it.

12788_32 — 2025-09-23 13:04:58 UTC

I like the number 840 because it has the most factors of all numbers from 1 to 1,000.

2025-09-23 13:05:13 UTC

I think that 11 is lucky because I always make a wish during 11:11

2025-09-23 13:05:29 UTC

My lucky number in my family is 2021 because this is the number of the year we got our dog and 6 is the worst number ever along with 41 because 41 is not sigma rizz like 67 or 2021. Like pls

2025-09-23 13:05:38 UTC

in My family the number 13 is unlucky because you cant roll a 13 in Catan

2025-09-23 13:05:41 UTC

7 is a lucky number because it is the most common number to roll on two d6.

13339_30 — 2025-09-23 13:05:51 UTC

8 is lucky number, because in Chinese culture, the number's luckiness comes from its similar sound to the word for "wealth" or "prosperity" 4 is a unlucky number, because The number 4 is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures (like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) because it sounds similar to the word for "death.

2025-09-23 13:06:00 UTC

I think my lucky number is 22 because ;lot of my friends and family have 22 as their birth date

2025-09-23 13:06:01 UTC

My family's lucky number is 8 and the unlucky number is 4 because it sounded like die

14303_33 — 2025-09-23 13:06:17 UTC

We don't believe in lucky or unlucky numbers :(

2025-09-23 13:06:32 UTC

My family's lucky numbers are 9 which is long lasting (their Chinese)

2025-09-23 13:06:36 UTC

In my family the number 13 because i always get in trouble on that day in any month

10391_66 — 2025-09-23 13:06:47 UTC

My lucky number is 781 because I remembered always having to memorize my parents phone numbers when I was younger and would think of 781 as the first numbers and it was like um safe ;) ;) ;)

2025-09-23 13:07:26 UTC

49 is considered lucky for me because it is my baseball number and it is seven times seven.