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Which number is considered unlucky in East Asia?

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4
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Words "four" and "Death" have very similar pronunciation in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese. In East Asia many buildings do not have a 4th floor. Some high-rise residential buildings omit all floor numbers with "4", e.g., 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40–49 floors.
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flagSouth Korea
3%
88%
7%
0%
27
flagKazakhstan
4%
86%
8%
0%
23
flagGreece
4%
82%
4%
8%
23
flagSingapore
8%
82%
4%
4%
23
flagJapan
4%
76%
14%
4%
21
flagCanada
15%
71%
12%
0%
39
flagRussia
8%
70%
17%
2%
167
flagRepublic of Ireland
15%
69%
12%
3%
33
flagAustralia
16%
59%
16%
8%
62
flagthe United States
22%
58%
14%
4%
300
flagUkraine
23%
52%
15%
6%
121
flagBelarus
10%
52%
36%
0%
19
flagNorway
21%
52%
15%
5%
19
flagthe United Kingdom
23%
50%
21%
5%
178
flagAustria
7%
50%
29%
10%
65
flagSwitzerland
19%
50%
19%
5%
51
flagPoland
21%
47%
23%
6%
14372
flagthe Philippines
28%
43%
25%
2%
39
flagIndia
33%
41%
20%
3%
96
flagGermany
25%
40%
29%
3%
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