Candareen Explained

C:
P:fēn
W:fen
J:fan1
Y:fàn
Poj:hun
Kanji:
Hiragana:ふん
Romaji:fun
Hangul:
Hanja:
Rr:pun
Qn:phân
Mon:пүн
Mong:ᠫᠦᠨ
Mnc:ᡶᡠᠸᡝᠨ
Mnc V:fuwen
Lang2:Buryat
Lang2 Content:пүн

A candareen (;[1] ;[2] Singapore English usage: hoon[3]) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia. It is equal to 10 cash and is of a mace. It is approximately 378 milligrams. A troy candareen is approximately .

In Hong Kong, one candareen is 0.3779936375 grams[2] and, in the Weights and Measures Ordinance, it is 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 (Chinese: ) and is of a mace. The Mandarin Chinese word fēn is used to denote of a Chinese renminbi yuan but the term candareen for that currency is now obsolete.

Postal denomination

On 1 May 1878 the Imperial Maritime Customs was opened to the public and China's first postage stamps, the "Large Dragons", were issued to handle payment. The stamps were inscribed "CHINA" in both Latin and Chinese characters, and denominated in candareens.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Accessed from OED Online.
  2. Web site: Weights and Measures Ordinance . Laws of Hong Kong .
  3. Web site: Weights and Measures Act (CHAPTER 349) Third Schedule . Singapore Statutes . 2010-11-22 . 2017-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170820033945/http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata.pl?actno=1976-REVED-349&doctitle=WEIGHTS%20AND%20MEASURES%20ACT%0A&date=latest&method=part&sl=1&segid=888373245-001666 . dead .
  4. Institute of Chinese Studies,University of Heidelberg, Germany: Shelfmark: HE6185.C55 T33 1989|title: 大龍郵票與清代郵史 / 中國郵票博物館 編 Ta-lung yu-p'iao yü Ch'ing-tai yu-shih / Chung-kuo yu-p'iao po-wu-kuan pien |Published: 香港 : 商務印書館 Hsiang-kang : Shang-wu yin-shu-kuan, 1989 |Description: 212 p.: col. ill.| |Language: chi.; eng.|Corp. body: 中國郵票博物館 Chung-kuo yu-p'iao po-wu-kuan|Parallel Title: A picture album of The Large Dragon Stamps and the postal history of the Qing Dynasty|Subjects: Postage-stamps - China - History