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Kahn was a Vietnamese measure of mass (measure of weight) and corresponded to the pound .

The Annamese measure had this dimensional chain:

  • 1 Kahn = 16 Lüong = 160 Dong = 1600 Fahn = 16000 Li = 160,000 Hao = 1,600,000 Hot = 624.80 grams

literature

  • Author collective: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Volume 9, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 363.
  • Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. Bibliographisches Institut, Berlin 1986, ISBN 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 135.