Candareen

Candareen

A candareen (zh-cpcy|c=分|p=fēn|cy=fàncite web|title = Weights and Measures Ordinance |work = The Law of Hong Kong | url = http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/e1bf50c09a33d3dc482564840019d2f4/4ed2ff0cf02f2fd9c82564760077af3c?OpenDocument ] ) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia. It is equal to 10 cash and is 1/10 of a mace. It is approximately 378 milligrams. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams.

In Hong Kong, one candareen is 0.3779936375 gramme and in ordinance 22 of 1884, it is frac|2|150 oz. avoir.

The candareen was also formerly used to describe a unit of currency in imperial China equal to 10 li (釐) and is 1/10 of a mace. The Mandarin Chinese word "fēn" is currently used to denote 1/100th of a Chinese renminbi yuan but the term candareen for currency is now obsolete.

References

ee also

*Chinese units of measurement


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