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Japanese changed a couple too. From memory the pronunciation/written form of 4(?) was changed in some cases because it resembled death


The only Japanese number form change I’m aware of is a special form for one (一) (and possibly two 二) to prevent them from being altered on checks into three (三), but I’m far from an expert.


In Japanese its often the case that a kanji has different ways of reading it, so it's not just that.




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