Semiotics final (favorite number)
Favorite number is seven 7.Seven is generally said lucky number in Japan, and odd number also said lucky number. it's like 1,3,5,7,9... This number cannot separate. So if we have seven people of groups, and it is difficult to separate.
I noticed number has meaning as one of culture. So, I think other nunmber has each meaning in Japan, and depend on mean of number, we avoid these customs to use bad meaning number.
7 is lucky number, also week is 7 days, also astronomical body is seven (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the sun, and Moon)
Seven has many lucky theory.
And 3 is also many people chose good number, in Japan, Japanese often hold a wedding on 3 of the day(3rd, 13th, 23rd).
Because , 3 is not available to separate like 2, 4, 6... Many people afraid of getting divorce. So, they are hoping.
Generally, 5 yen has part of luck in Japan culture. When we visit the shrine, we always make a money offering. At that time, wa always use 5 yen. Because 5 yen's word sound is "goen" in Japanese. "goen" means there are fortune. So, Japanese do money offering for hoping their fortune. This express meaning of words stronger than money.
You know that 4 is bad image in Japan and China. 4's pronunciation is similar to "si" in Japanese. "si" means dead in English.
So, hotel and hospital room is not used, never used. It's like 104,204 is never used.
Japan is play on words. For example, November 22nd is the day of good couple in Japan. Because pronunciation of November 22nd is "i i fu u fu" And 29th is the day of meat in many shop. This pronunciation is also "ni ku" in Japanese.
I think number expression is one of the Japanese Culture. Depends on pronunciation, day, custom, Japanese words, our life and culture effects number. Many people don't chose 4 because of these culture of Japan, I found.
I noticed number has meaning as one of culture. So, I think other nunmber has each meaning in Japan, and depend on mean of number, we avoid these customs to use bad meaning number.
7 is lucky number, also week is 7 days, also astronomical body is seven (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the sun, and Moon)
Seven has many lucky theory.
And 3 is also many people chose good number, in Japan, Japanese often hold a wedding on 3 of the day(3rd, 13th, 23rd).
Because , 3 is not available to separate like 2, 4, 6... Many people afraid of getting divorce. So, they are hoping.
Generally, 5 yen has part of luck in Japan culture. When we visit the shrine, we always make a money offering. At that time, wa always use 5 yen. Because 5 yen's word sound is "goen" in Japanese. "goen" means there are fortune. So, Japanese do money offering for hoping their fortune. This express meaning of words stronger than money.
You know that 4 is bad image in Japan and China. 4's pronunciation is similar to "si" in Japanese. "si" means dead in English.
So, hotel and hospital room is not used, never used. It's like 104,204 is never used.
Japan is play on words. For example, November 22nd is the day of good couple in Japan. Because pronunciation of November 22nd is "i i fu u fu" And 29th is the day of meat in many shop. This pronunciation is also "ni ku" in Japanese.
I think number expression is one of the Japanese Culture. Depends on pronunciation, day, custom, Japanese words, our life and culture effects number. Many people don't chose 4 because of these culture of Japan, I found.