Mace (measurement)

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A mace is an English term for a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia. The Chinese term is qian (traditional Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián) and Cantonese term tsin (錢).[1]

It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1/10 of a tael. It is approximately 3.78 grams. A troy candareen is approximately 3.74 grams.

In Hong Kong, one mace is 3.779936375 gramme.[1] and in ordinance 22 of 1884, it is 2⁄15 oz. avoir.

In imperial China 10 candareens equal 1 Mace which is 1/10 of a tael.

The word qián also denotes money in Mandarin Chinese. The same Chinese character (kanji) was used for the Japanese sen, the former unit equal to 1/100 of a Japanese yen.

  1. ^ a b Weights and Measures Ordinance. The Law of Hong Kong.

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