Thuok

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Thuok , also Theok or Tuok , was a Vietnamese measure of length in Annam . It was considered a cubit measure .

  • 1 Thuok = 10 Tahk = 100 Fahn = 1,000 Li = 63.88 centimeters (for dealers)
  • 10 Thuok = 1 Düong (Trüong) = 6.39 meters (for dealers)
  • Annam 300 Thuok = 1 Gon = 191.64 meters
  • Annam 15 Thuok = 1 Sao = 7.275 meters

literature

  • Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 19, Leipzig 1909, p. 512.
  • Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 2, Leipzig 1911, p. 835.
  • Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. Bibliographisches Institut, Berlin 1986, ISBN 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 318.