Candareen

Candareen
Candareen
Chinese name
Chinese	分
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	fēn
Wade–Giles	fen
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	fàn
Jyutping	fan1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	hun
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	phân
Chữ Hán	分
Korean name
Hangul	푼
Hanja	分
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	pun
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	пүн
Mongolian script	ᠫᠦᠨ
Japanese name
Kanji	分
Hiragana	ふん
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	fun
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡶᡠᠸᡝᠨ
Möllendorff	fuwen

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.

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

[OED-1] "Candareen". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) Accessed from OED Online.

[hk_law-2] "Weights and Measures Ordinance". Laws of Hong Kong.

[sg_law-3] "Weights and Measures Act (CHAPTER 349) Third Schedule". Singapore Statutes. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2010-11-22.

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