A candareen (Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn; Cantonese Yale: fàn[1]) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia. It is equal to 10 cash and is 1/10 of a mace. It is approximately 378 milligrams. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams. In Hong Kong, one candareen is 0.3779936375 gramme[1] and in ordinance 22 of 1884, it is 2⁄150 oz. avoir. The candareen was also formerly used to describe a unit of currency in imperial China equal to 10 li (釐) and is 1/10 of a mace. The Mandarin Chinese word fēn is currently used to denote 1/100th of a Chinese renminbi yuan but the term candareen for currency is now obsolete.
References
- ^ a b Weights and Measures Ordinance. The Law of Hong Kong.
See also
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| Overview | Chinese currency |
| Ancient and medieval | Knife money · Flying cash · Jiaozi · Huizi |
| Near modern | Wen · Candareen (fēn) · Mace (qián) · Tael (liǎng) |
| Republic of China | Yuan · Customs gold unit · OT$ (yuan) · NT$ (yuan) |
| Renminbi series | 1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th |
| Special administrative regions | Hong Kong dollar · Macanese pataca |
