Picul

Picul
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	擔
Simplified Chinese	担
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin dàn Wade–Giles tan Hakka Romanization tâm Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization daam Jyutping daam1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ tàⁿ
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	đảm
Korean name
Hangul	담
Hanja	擔
Transcriptions Revised Romanization dam
Japanese name
Kanji	担
Hiragana	たん / ピクル, ㌯
Transcriptions Romanization tan / pikuru
Malay name
Malay	pikul
Indonesian name
Indonesian	pikul

A picul /ˈpɪkəl/^[1] or tam^[2] is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole".^[1] Historically, it was defined as equivalent to 100 or 120 catties, depending on time and region. The picul is most commonly used in southern China and Maritime Southeast Asia.