Dan ( zh, s=担 , t=擔 , p=dàn), or ''Daam'' in Cantonese, ''Tan'' in Japanese and Taiwanese, also called "Chinese hundredweight" or "
picul
The picul , shi (), dan or tam, is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole". Throughout most of Chinese history, it was defined as equivalent to 120 catties. Some later definitions (Briti ...
", is a traditional Chinese unit for weight measurement in East Asia. It originated in China before being introduced to neighboring countries. Nowaday, the mass of 1 ''dan'' equals 100
''jin'' or 50 kg in mainland China,
60 kg in Taiwan and Japan,
and 60.478982 kg in Hong Kong,
Singapore and Malaysia.
''Dan'' is mostly used in the traditional markets.
[1959 Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of ChinaNo. 180]
pages 311 to 312
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China Mainland
On June 25, 1959, the State Council of the People's Republic of China
The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...
issued the ''Order on the Unified Measurement System'', with minor amendment to the market system. "
Legally, 1 ''dan'' equals 100 ''jins'', 50 kg, or 110.2 lb.
Taiwan
The so-called Taiwan ''dan'' is actually the ''dan'' used throughout China during the Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
. 1 Taiwan ''dan'' is 60 kg, equal to 100 Taiwan ''jin''.
Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong law stipulates that one ''dan'' is equal to one hundred ''jin'' , which is 60.478982 kg.
Japan
In Japan, 1 ''dan'', or ''tan'' in Japanese pronunciation, is equal to 60 kg.
See also
* Chinese units of measurement
Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the ''shìzhì'' ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal (base-10) since the Shang dynasty, Shang, several Chine ...
* Hong Kong units of measurement
Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use:
* The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread use in mainland China);
* British Imperial units; and
* The metric system.
In 1976 the Hong ...
* Taiwanese units of measurement
Taiwanese units of measurement (; Hakka: Thòi-chṳ) are the customary and traditional units of measure used in Taiwan. The Taiwanese units formed in the 1900s when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The system mainly refers to Japanese system. T ...
* Japanese units of measurement
Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō () is the customary units, traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese units of measurement, Chinese system, whic ...
Notes
References
Sources
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* {{citation , ref={{harvid, USWD, 1944 , date=1944 , publisher=US War Department , location=Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
, title=Handbook on Japanese Military Forces , url=https://archive.org/details/handbookonjapane0000unse/page/400/mode/2up?q=%22distance+and+length%22 , series=Technical Manual E 30–480 , contribution=Japanese Weights, Measures, and Moneys , contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-s4DDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA400 , pag
400–1
, isbn=9780807164464 , reprinted by the Louisiana State University Press at Baton Rouge in 1991.
External links
* 中國度量衡#衡
* 市制
* 擔
* 英擔
*https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/公擔#Chinese 公擔
Units of mass
Chinese units of measurement
Customary units of measurement