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|ho
|ho; mo
호 / 毫
호 / 毫; 모 / 毛
|mo
모 / 毛
|ri
|ri
리 / 釐, 厘
리 / 釐, 厘
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|ja; cheok
|ja; cheok
자; 척 / 尺
자; 척 / 尺
|gan
|gan; bo
간 / 間
간 / 間; 보 / 步
|bo
보 / 步
|jang
|jang
장 / 丈
장 / 丈

Revision as of 15:28, 23 June 2024

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

In progress

Length

Chinese

1930

háo

fēn

cùn

chǐ

zhàng

3.333e-5 3.333e-4 3.333e-3 3.333e-2 3.333e-1 3.333e0 3.333e1 5.000e2

1915

háo

fēn

cùn

chǐ

zhàng

yǐn

3.2e-1 3.2e-2 3.2e-3 3.2e-4 3.2e-5 1.6e0 3.2e0 3.2e1 5.76e2

Japanese

1868

毛、毫

rin

厘、釐

bu

sun

shaku

ken; hiro

間;尋

chō

ri

3.030e-5 3.030e-4 3.030e-3 3.030e-2 3.030e-1 1.818e0 3.030e0 1.091e2 3.927e3

The unit hiro (尋) is used for depth.

Korean

1905

ho; mo

호 / 毫; 모 / 毛

ri

리 / 釐, 厘

pun; bun

푼; 분 / 分

chi; chon

치; 촌 / 寸

ja; cheok

자; 척 / 尺

gan; bo

간 / 間; 보 / 步

jang

장 / 丈

jeong

정 / 町

ri

리 / 里

3.030e-5 3.030e-4 3.030e-3 3.030e-2 3.030e-1 1.818e0 3.030e0 1.091e2 3.927e3