Geun (unit)
| Geun | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 근 |
| Hanja : | 斤 |
| Revised Romanization : | geun |
| McCune-Reischauer : | can |
The Geun ( Korean 근 ; Hanja : 斤; Revised Romanization : geun ; McCune-Reischauer : kŭn ; Yale Romanization : kun ; also Romanized to keun and kann ) is a Korean measure of weight . Like many Korean units of measurement, it is derived from those of China, in this case from the 斤 , jīn - "pound", see also Kätti .
Especially before the introduction of the metric system, there are different information about the weight of a geun depending on the source. It ranges from 545.96 g for Pogio, about 595.2 g for Gyllenbok to about 608 g for Arnous. The geun was divided into:
| geun ( 근 ) | ||||
| 16 | nyang ( 냥 ) | |||
| 160 | 10 | don ( 돈 ) | ||
| 1,600 | 100 | 10 | bun ( 분 ) | |
| 16,000 | 1,000 | 100 | 10 | ri ( 리 ) |
Today the geun is only used in everyday language and is around 600 g.
| gwan ( 관 ) | 3.75 kg | |||
| 6 1 ⁄ 4 | geun ( 근 ) | 600 g | ||
| 100 | 16 | nyang ( 냥 ) | 37.5 g | |
| 1000 | 160 | 10 | don ( 돈 ) | 3.75 g |
literature
- MA Pogio: Korea . Translated from Russian by St. Knight of Ursyn-Pruszyński. Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna and Leipzig 1895, p. 247 .
- HG Arnous: Weights, Measures, Compass and Timing in Korea . In: Globus . Illustrated magazine for country and ethnology. tape LXVIII , 24a, 1895, pp. 382 ( archive.org ).
- World Weights and Measures . Handbook for Statisticians. Prepared by the Statistical Office of the United Nations in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Provisional ed. New York 1955, pp. 81 (English, hathitrust.org ).
- Jan Gyllenbok: Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures (= Science Networks Historical Studies . Volume 58). Volume 3. Birkhäuser, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-319-66711-9 , p. 1669, 1673-1674, 1859, 2142 (English).