Candareen
Traditional Asian unit of mass
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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).
| Candareen | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 分 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese alphabet | phân | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 分 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 푼 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 分 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | пүн | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠫᠦᠨ | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 分 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | ふん | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Manchu script | ᡶᡠᠸᡝᠨ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Möllendorff | fuwen | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
Postal denomination
On 1 May 1878 the Imperial Maritime Customs was opened to the public and China's first postage stamps, the "Large Dragons" (Chinese: 大龍郵票; pinyin: dài lóng yóupiào), were issued to handle payment. The stamps were inscribed "CHINA" in both Latin and Chinese characters, and denominated in candareens.[4]
