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Candareen

Candareen
Chinese name
Chinese
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet phân
Chữ Hán
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Mongolian name
Mongolian пүн
Japanese name
Kanji
Hiragana ふん
Buryat name
Buryat пүн

A candareen (/kændəˈrn/;Chinese: ; pinyin: fēn; Cantonese Yale: fàn;Singapore English usage: hoon) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia. It is equal to 10 cash and is 110 of a mace. It is approximately 378 milligrams. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams (5.77 gr).

In Hong Kong, one candareen is 0.3779936375 grams and, in the Weights and Measures Ordinance, it is 2150 ounces avoirdupois. In Singapore, one candareen is 0.377994 grams.

The word candareen comes from the Malay kandūri. An earlier English form of the name was condrin. The candareen was also formerly used to describe a unit of currency in imperial China equal to 10 li () and is 110 of a mace. The Mandarin Chinese word fēn is used to denote 1100 of a Chinese renminbi yuan but the term candareen for that currency is now obsolete.


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