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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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Chinese
1930
| háo
毫 |
lí
釐 |
fēn
分 |
cùn
寸 |
chǐ
尺 |
bù
步 |
zhàng
丈 |
lǐ
里 |
| 3.333e-5 | 3.333e-4 | 3.333e-3 | 3.333e-2 | 3.333e-1 | 3.333e0 | 3.333e1 | 5.000e2 |
1915
| háo
毫 |
lí
釐 |
fēn
分 |
cùn
寸 |
chǐ
尺 |
bù
步 |
zhàng
丈 |
yǐn
引 |
lǐ
里 |
| 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
| mō
毛、毫 |
rin
厘、釐 |
bu
分 |
sun
寸 |
shaku
尺 |
ken; hiro
間；尋 |
jō
丈 |
chō
町 |
ri
里 |
| 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 |