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The base unit of Japanese area is the tsubo, equivalent to a square ken or 36 square shaku. It is twice the size of the jō, the area of the Nagoya tatami mat. Both units are used informally in discussing real estate floorspace. [20] Due to historical connections, the tsubo is still used as the official base unit of area in Taiwan. [citation ...
The Japanese Chin (Japanese: 狆, chin), also known as the Japanese Spaniel, [1] is a toy dog breed, being both a lap dog and a companion dog, with a distinctive heritage. History [ edit ]
When the 1891 Japanese Weights and Measures Act was promulgated, it defined the shō unit as the capacity of the standard kyo-masu of 64827 cubic bu. [15] The same act also defined the shaku length as 10 ⁄ 33 metre. [15] The metric equivalent of the modern shō is 2401 ⁄ 1331 litres. [20] The modern koku is therefore 240,100 ⁄ 1331 litres ...
In the People's Republic of China, since 1984, the chi has been defined as exactly 1/3 of a metre, i.e., 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 cm (13.1 in). However, in the Hong Kong SAR the corresponding unit, pronounced tsek (cek3) in Cantonese, is defined as exactly 0.371475 m (1 ft 2.6250 in) or 1 7/32 ft. [2] The two units are sometimes referred to in English as "Chinese foot" and "Hong Kong foot".
This was an official unit of measurement in South Africa until the 1970s, and was defined in November 2007 by the South African Law Society as having a conversion factor of 1 morgen = 0.856 532 hectares. [28] This unit of measure was also used in the Dutch colonial province of New Netherland (later New York and parts of New England). [29] [30]
The present day Korean ri (리, 里) and Japanese ri (里) are units of measurements that can be traced back to the Chinese li (里). Although the Chinese unit was unofficially used in Japan since the Zhou dynasty , the countries officially adopted the measurement used by the Tang dynasty (618–907 AD).
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Japanese Edo era tael weights for balance scales, made of bronze. In descending size, 30, 20, 10, 5, 4, 3, and 2 tael weights. In descending size, 30, 20, 10, 5, 4, 3, and 2 tael weights. In China, there were many different weighting standards of tael depending on the region or type of trade.