Candareen

Candareen
Chinese name
Chinese分
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinfēn
Wade–Gilesfen
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationfàn
Jyutpingfan1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJhun
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetphân
Chữ Hán分
Korean name
Hangul푼
Hanja分
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationpun
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicпүн
Mongolian scriptᠫᠦᠨ
Japanese name
Kanji分
Hiraganaふん
Transcriptions
Romanizationfun
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡶᡠᠸᡝᠨ
Möllendorfffuwen

A candareen (/kændəˈriːn/;[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 (5.77 gr).

In Hong Kong, one candareen is 0.3779936375 grams[2] and, in the Weights and Measures Ordinance, it is 2⁄150 ounces avoirdupois. In Singapore, one candareen is 0.377994 grams.[3]

The word candareen comes 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 used to denote 1⁄100 of a Chinese renminbi yuan but the term candareen for that currency is now obsolete.

  1. ^ a b c "Candareen". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) Accessed from OED Online.
  2. ^ a b "Weights and Measures Ordinance". Laws of Hong Kong.
  3. ^ a b "Weights and Measures Act (CHAPTER 349) Third Schedule". Singapore Statutes. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2010-11-22.