• Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō (尺貫法) is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago...
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  • traditional units of measure used in Taiwan. The Taiwanese units formed in the 1900s when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The system mainly refers to Japanese system...
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  • This is a list of obsolete units of measurement, organized by type. These units of measurement are typically no longer used, though some may be in limited...
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    of Units (SI). Metrology is the science of developing nationally and internationally accepted units of measurement. In physics and metrology, units are...
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    Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although...
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  • Korean units of measurement, called cheokgwan-beop (Korean: 척관법; Hanja: 尺貫法) or cheokgeun-beop (척근법; 尺斤法) in Korean, is the traditional system of measurement...
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  • fraction of a base unit. Many of the unusual units of measurements listed here are colloquial measurements, units devised to compare a measurement to common...
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  • A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating...
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    Chinese units of measurement League (unit) for a general discussion of league-style units Japanese units of measurement Korean units of measurement Qianlima...
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  • Vietnamese units of measurement (Vietnamese: hệ đo lường Việt Nam) are the largely decimal units of measurement traditionally used in Vietnam until metrication...
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  • or 尺 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese chi...
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    of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units...
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    lidded form of masu, is sold for serving pepper, salt, sugar, and other dry condiments at the table. Sake set Japanese units of measurement "WWWJDIC: Error...
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    between the measurement and the reference is a consistent and dimensionless quantity independent of what actual units are used. Units of such kind are...
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    Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use: The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread...
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    measure bays. In Japanese units of measurement, the jō (丈) is equivalent to ten shaku, or 3.03 meters. Chinese units of measurement United States Joint...
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  • The Japanese numerals are the number names used in Japanese. In writing, they are the same as the Chinese numerals, and large numbers follow the Chinese...
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    Pyeong (redirect from Ping (unit))
    of almost 5 m2, but it is similarly uncommon. Japanese units of measurement Korean units of measurement Taiwanese units of measurement Chinese units of...
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  • fundamental unit of length, and the kan as the fundamental unit of mass. Japanese units of measurement "度量衡法(どりょうこうほう)とは? 意味や使い方" [What is the Law of Weights...
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  • Catty (redirect from Jin (unit of weight))
    Chinese unit (in green) and British Imperial Units (in blue). Chinese units of measurement Japanese units of measurement Korean units of measurement Taiwanese...
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    Donabe (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    simmering including nabeyaki udon. They are sized by sun, one of the Japanese units of measurement. The donabe is usually glazed on the inside and porous on...
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    Japan, the corresponding unit, sun (寸), was standardized at 1000⁄33 mm (~3.030 cm, ~1.193 in, or ~0.09942 ft). shaku "TCM Student: Cun Measurements"...
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    amounts of rice and sake. The Japanese later defined a "cup" as 200 ml. The traditional Russian measurement system included two cup sizes, one of which...
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  • -wa (羽), is used for rabbits. Japanese units of measurement Miura, Akira (1996). "Handbook of Japanese Grammar". The Modern Language Journal. 80 (3): 424–425...
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  • Economy of China Hong Kong units of measurement Taiwanese units of measurement weight unit (1891–1933) "Weights and Measures Ordinance". The Law of Hong...
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    comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length)...
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  • Mattel Ken (unit) (間), a Japanese unit of measurement and proportion Ken River, a river in the Bundelkhand region, India Ken sword (剣), a Japanese sword Kensington...
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    definition on mass of alcohol (in grams) while others base the unit on the volume (in mL or other volume units). For comparison, both measurements are shown here...
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    Pearl (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    than 1,500 metric tons per year (in addition to metric measurements, Japanese units of measurement such as the kan and momme are sometimes encountered in...
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  • Momme (匁) is both a Japanese unit of mass and former unit of currency. As a measurement, Momme is part of a table of Japanese units where during the Edo...
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