CONVERSION FACTORS FOR WEIGHT UNITS USED IN EAST ASIA WITH METRIC AND AVOIRDUPOIS EQUIVALENTS
PART I
| Unit | Domestic | Metric | Equivalents | Avoirdupois | Equivalents | Areas Applied | Units | Domestic | Metric Equivalents | Avoirdupois Equivalents | Areas Applied | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Units | Grams | Kilograms | Ounces | Pounds | Unit | Weight | Kilograms | Pounds | ||||
| 1 | Catty, shih, new | 500. | .50 | 17.6 | 1.10 | 1 | Arroba | 11.50 | 25.35 | Philippines | |||
| 1 | Liang, new | 100. | 3.5 | .22 | Taiwan, | 1 | Picul | 63.25 | 139.44 | Philippines | |||
| Hong Kong, | 1 | picul,old | 60.48 | 133.33 | Hong Kong, Mainland China | ||||||||
| (16 liangs) | Mainland China | ||||||||||||
| 100. | 3.5 | .22 | 1 | Picul, shih, new | 50.00 | 110.23 | Hong Kong, Mainland China | ||||||
| 1 | Liang, old | 37.8 | .04 | 1.3 | .08 | 1 | Picul (Picul) | 61.76 | 136.16 | Indonesia | |||
| 1 | Picul | 60.00 | 132.28 | Thailand, Japan | |||||||||
| 1 | Catty | 600. | .60 | 21.2 | 1.32 | Taiwan, Thailand | |||||||
| 1 | Picul (hap) | 60.00–68.00 | 132.3–149.9 | Cambodia | |||||||||
| 100. | 3.5 | .22 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Pyi | 2.13 | 4.70 | Burma | |||||||||
| 1 | Catty | 632. | .63 | 22.3 | 1.39 | Philippines | |||||||
| 1 | Quintal, metric | 100.00 | 220.46 | Vietnam, Laos, | |||||||||
| 100. | 3.5 | .22 | Cambodia | ||||||||||
| 1 | Quintal, old Spanish (4 arrobas) | 46.00 | 101.41 | Philippines | |||||||||
| 1 | Stone | 6.35 | 14.00 | Burma, Malaysia | |||||||||
| 1 | Kati (catty) | 617.6 | .62 | 21.8 | 1.36 | Indonesia, | |||||||
| Singapore, | 1 | Ta(Picul) | 60.45 | 133.27 | North Vietnam | ||||||||
| 1 | Kati (catty) | 617.6 | .62 | 21.8 | 1.36 | Indonesia, Singapore, | 1 | Ta(Picul) | 60.45 | 133.27 | North Vietnam | ||
| 1 | Kin | 600. | .60 | 21.2 | 1.32 | Japan | 1 | Tao | 11.00–15.00 | 24.25–33.07 | Cambodia | ||
| 100. | 3.5 | .22 | 1 | Ton, metric | 1,000.00 | 2,204.6 | Commonly used in most of the East | ||||||
| 1 | Kun | 600. | .60 | 21.2 | 1.32 | Korea | Asian countries | ||||||
| 1 | Ton, long | 1,016.05 | 2,240.00 | Burma, Malaysia | |||||||||
| 100. | 3.5 | .22 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Ton,short | 907.18 | 2,000.00 | Burma,Malaysia | |||||||||
| 1 | Kwan(Kan) (1,000 momme) | 3,750. | 3.75 | 132.3 | 8.27 | Japan, Korea | 1 | Tong | 22.00–30.00 | 48.50–66.14 | Cambodia | ||
| 1 | Momme | 3.8 | .13 | Japan, Korea | |||||||||
| 1 | Viss (100 ticals) | 1.63 | 3.59 | Burma | |||||||||
| Shih catty. See Catty, shih. | |||||||||||||
