Why “nine” is a ancient Chinese fist bump, “eight” is (secretly) unlucky, and “seven” is extremely confusing.
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean through 808 Shared Characters: Videos #007-009 of 808.
Chapters:
0:00 Nine | 九 | #007: Saving Nine
1:01 Eight | 八 | #008: Why Eight is (Secretly) Unlucky
2:01 Seven | 七 | #009: Is Seven The Most Confusing Number
References (Shared):
Booklet of the 808 Commonly Used Chinese Characters in China, Japan and the ROK - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publ...
Official Readings of Jōyō Kanji - nihongo.monash.edu/jouyoureadi...
[CN] Trilateral Common Vocabulary Dictionary (3rd Edition) - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publ...
[CN] 三國字：中日韓常用漢字詳解 - ISBN: 978-7-5540-1038-9
[CN] 808中日韓通用漢字字理讀本 - ISBN: 978-7-5699-0877-0
References (九):
Unihan Database on 九 - www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUn...
[CN] Multi-function Chinese Character Database on 九 - humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexi...
[CN] ZDIC on 九 - www.zdic.net/hans/%E4%B9%9D
[CN] ZDIC on Middle Chinese pronunciation of 九 (video used 王力's [Wang Li's] reconstruction) - www.zdic.net/zd/yy/zgy/%E4%B9%9D
Wiktionary on 九 - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D
[CN] Wiktionary on 九 - zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D
[JP] Wiktionary on 九 - ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D
[KR] Wiktionary on 九 - ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D
[CN] Etymology Search - qiyuan.chaziwang.com/etymology..., 漢字演變五百例 - ISBN: 978-7-5619-0749-8
References (八):
Eight as a lucky number - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8#As_a_...
Beijing Olympics and marriages on 08/08/08 - www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-s...
Unihan Database on 八 - www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUn...
[CN] Multi-function Chinese Character Database on 八 - humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexi...
[CN] ZDIC on 八 - www.zdic.net/hans/%E5%85%AB
[CN] ZDIC on Middle Chinese pronunciation of 八 (video used 王力's [Wang Li's] reconstruction) - www.zdic.net/zd/yy/zgy/%E5%85%AB
Wiktionary on 八 - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB
[CN] Wiktionary on 八 - zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB
[JP] Wiktionary on 八 - ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB
[KR] Wiktionary on 八 - ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB
[CN] Etymology Search - qiyuan.chaziwang.com/etymology..., 漢字演變五百例 - ISBN: 978-7-5619-0749-8
References (七):
Unihan Database on 七 - www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUn...
[CN] Multi-function Chinese Character Database on 七 - humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexi...
[CN] ZDIC on 七 - www.zdic.net/hans/%E4%B8%83
[CN] ZDIC on Middle Chinese pronunciation of 七 (video used 王力's [Wang Li's] reconstruction) - www.zdic.net/zd/yy/zgy/%E4%B8%83
Wiktionary on 七 - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%83
[CN] Wiktionary on 七 - zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%83
[JP] Wiktionary on 七 - ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%83
[KR] Wiktionary on 七 - ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%83
Assets:
Image of oracle bone pit at Yinxu - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Image of hook - www.flaticon.com/free-icon/fi...
Image of 2008 Beijing Olympics - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fi...
Video of woman in white - www.pexels.com/video/a-half-f...