Fen (land)
The fen (Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn) in Mandarin, fan in Cantonese or hun in Taiwanese, is a traditional Chinese unit of measurement for land area. One fen equals 1/10th of a mu in China mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. [1] [2]
Conversions
[edit]In China mainland,
Year 1915 ~ 1929: 1 fen = 1⁄10 mu = 61.44 square meters = 73.48 square yards [3] Year 1930 ~ present: 1 fen = 1⁄10 mu = 66+2⁄3 square meters = 79.73 square yards. [4][2]
In Hong Kong and Macau, 1 fen = 1⁄10 mu = 76.14 square meters = 91.06 square yards. [5]
In Taiwan and Japan, 1 fen = 1⁄10 jia = 969.92 square meters = 10,440 square feets. [6]
Taiwan used to be ruled by Holand and then by Japan. Its measurement system was influenced by these two countries. And 1 fen has been set to be 1/10 of a Jia instead of a mu. [6]
For details, please see article Mu (land).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Britannica (2004-04-29). "mou: Chinese unit of measurement". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ a b Language Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2020). 新华字典 （附录：计量单位简表）(Xinhua Dictionary (Appendix: Brief table of measurement units)) (in Chinese) (12th ed.). Beijing: The Commercial Press. pp. 695–697. ISBN 978-7-100-17093-2.
- ^ "權度法 [Quándù Fǎ]", 政府公報 [Zhèngfǔ Gōngbào, Government Gazette], vol. 957, Beijing: Office of the President, 7 January 1915, pp. 85–94[permanent dead link]. (in Chinese)
- ^ "The Weights and Measures Act (1929)". Legislative Yuan. Archived from the original on 2014-04-25.
- ^ Law No. 14/92/M ((in Chinese) 第14/92/M號法律; (in Portuguese) Lei n.o 14/92/M)
- ^ a b "Weights and Measures in Use in the ROC". Taiwan: Government Information Office. 2001.