Candareen

Candareen
Chinese name
Chinese 分
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese phân
Hán tự 分
Korean name
Hangul 푼
Hanja 分
Mongolian name
Mongolian пүн
Japanese name
Kanji 分
Hiragana ふん
Buryat name
Buryat пүн

A candareen (pronounced /kændəˈrin/;[1] Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn; Cantonese Yale: fàn[2]; Singapore English usage: hoon[3]) 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[2] and in ordinance 22 of 1884, it is 2⁄150 oz. avoir. In Singapore, one candareen is 0.377994 grams.[3]

The name candareen comers from the Malay kandūri.[1] An earlier English form of the name was condrin.[1] 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

  1. ^ a b c "Candareen". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989. Accessed from OED Online.
  2. ^ a b "Weights and Measures Ordinance". The Law of Hong Kong. http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/e1bf50c09a33d3dc482564840019d2f4/4ed2ff0cf02f2fd9c82564760077af3c?OpenDocument. 
  3. ^ a b "Weights and Measures Act (CHAPTER 349) Third Schedule". Singapore Statutes. http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata.pl?actno=1976-REVED-349&doctitle=WEIGHTS%20AND%20MEASURES%20ACT%0A&date=latest&method=part&sl=1&segid=888373245-001666. 

See also

Overview
Ancient and medieval
Near modern
Republic of China
Renminbi series
Special administrative regions