Mace (unit)
A mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; Southeast Asian English usage: chee) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denomination. It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1⁄10 of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams. A troy mace is approximately 3.7429 grams. In Hong Kong, one mace is 3.779936375 grams. and in Ordinance 22 of 1884, it is 2⁄15 ounces avoirdupois. In Singapore, one mace (referred to as chee) is 3.77994 grams.
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| Chinese | 錢 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | tiền | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 錢 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 돈, 전 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 錢 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | цэн | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 錢 (匁) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | せん (もんめ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Malay | mas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indonesian | mas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᠵᡳᡥᠠ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Möllendorff | jiha | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In imperial China, 10 candareens equaled 1 mace which was 1⁄10 of a tael and, like the other units, was used in weight-denominated silver currency system. A common denomination was 7 mace and 2 candareens, equal to one silver Chinese yuan.
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