Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Traditional-Units-of-Measurement

Hi, polyglots.

You may encounter units of measurements in foreign texts and wonder how much they are in units you are familiar with. Here is a list of them

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system	unit	length in metre	note
Chinese 1915	háo 毫	3.2e-5
Chinese 1915	lí 釐	3.2e-4
Chinese 1915	fēn 分	3.2e-3
Chinese 1915	cùn 寸	3.2e-2
Chinese 1915	chǐ 尺	3.2e-1
Chinese 1915	bù 步	1.6e0
Chinese 1915	zhàng 丈	3.2e0
Chinese 1915	yǐn 引	3.2e1
Chinese 1915	lǐ 里	5.76e2
Chinese 1930	háo 毫	3.333e-5
Chinese 1930	lí 釐	3.333e-4
Chinese 1930	fēn 分	3.333e-3
Chinese 1930	cùn 寸	3.333e-2
Chinese 1930	chǐ 尺	3.333e-1
Chinese 1930	bù 步	3.333e0
Chinese 1930	zhàng 丈	3.333e1
Chinese 1930	lǐ 里	5.000e2
German 1815	Fuß (Hessen)	2.5e-1
German 1815	Fuß (Baden; Schweiz 1835)	3.0e-1
German 1815	Fuß (Pfalz)	3.333e-1
German 1806	Meile (Norddeutscher Bund)	7.5e3
Japanese 1868	mō 毛、毫	3.030e-5
Japanese 1868	rin 厘、釐	3.030e-4
Japanese 1868	bu 分	3.030e-3
Japanese 1868	sun 寸	3.030e-2
Japanese 1868	shaku 尺	3.030e-1
Japanese 1868	ken; hiro 間；尋	1.818e0	“hiro” is used for depth
Japanese 1868	jō 丈	3.030e0
Japanese 1868	chō 町	1.091e2
Japanese 1868	ri 里	3.927e3
Korean 1905	ho; mo 호 / 毫; 모 / 毛	3.030e-5
Korean 1905	ri 리 / 釐, 厘	3.030e-4
Korean 1905	pun; bun 푼; 분 / 分	3.030e-3
Korean 1905	chi; chon 치; 촌 / 寸	3.030e-2
Korean 1905	ja; cheok 자; 척 / 尺	3.030e-1
Korean 1905	gan; bo 간 / 間; 보 / 步	1.818e0
Korean 1905	jang 장 / 丈	3.030e0
Korean 1905	jeong 정 / 町	1.091e2
Korean 1905	ri 리 / 里	3.927e3