Yang | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 양 or 냥 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | yang or nyang |
McCune–Reischauer | yang or nyang |
Bun | |
Hangul | 분 or 푼 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | bun or pun |
McCune–Reischauer | pun or p'un |
The yang (양/兩) was the currency of the Korean states Joseon and the Korean Empire between 1892 and 1902. It was subdivided into 10 jeon (전/錢) or 100 bun (분/分); and 5 yang = 1 hwan (환/圜).