CONVERSION TABLE FOR NORTH KOREAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2011
• Sequence Number: 196
• Publication Date: November 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONVERSION TABLES FOR NORTH KOREAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
[Comment: The following conversion tables for North Korean, US, and
metric weights and measures are taken from the monograph Man uk To n Yong
Rwans__ a_~nn'~o (Conver'sion Tables for International Weights and Measures ,
published by the North Korean Ministry of Industry, Pyongyang (no date).]
LENGTH
US and Metric Equivalents for North Korean Units
North Korean
Unit
North Korean
Equivalent
US Equivalent
Metric
Equivalent
P'un
( j~3,` )
--
0.119 in
3.030 mm
Ch'~ [also chi]
( )
10 p'un
1.193 in
3.030 cm
Ch'ok [also cha]
( /~ )
10 ch'on
11.930 in
3.030 dm
Kan
( Pa~ )
6 ch'ok
5.965 ft
1.818 m
Chong
( ~1' )
~ kan
357.916 ft
109.090 m
LS
( ~~ )
36 thong
2.440 miles
3.927 km
North Korean Equivalents for US Units
US Unit North Korean Equivalent
In 0.838 ch'on
1.006 ch'ok
0.502 kan
0.409 li
0.471 li
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i~.rth Korean Equivalent
n.330 ch'o:.
0.550 kan
0.254 li
US and L:~tric Equivalents for Plorth Korean Units
".forth Korean
Unit
P'?yongbarg (square)
ch'on (alms}-o chi]
F'yongbang ch'ok
~ ~%~~~)
Mu (also myoj
~: ~~ ) .
Tan
North Korean tdetric
Equivalent US Equivalent Equivalent
100 p'yongbang 142.337 sq in 9.182 sq dm
ch'on
30 p''yong
118.:114 sq yd
O.jy2 are
10 mu
0.245 acre
9.918 aces
10 tan
2.!50 acres
99.176 ores
1,555.2 chongbo 5?x5 e,3 miles 15.423 se km
North Korean Equivalents for US Units
US Unit
Sn in
0.702 p'yongbang
ch'on
1.011 p'yongbang
ch'ok
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North Korean Equivalents for Metric Units
Metric Unit
Sq m
9.105 p'Yongbang
ch'ok
0.167 p'yongbang
li
Are 1.008 mu
VOLUME
US and Metric Equivalents for North Korean Units
North Korean
Unit
Nnr+~ v..~e~tn
Equivalent
US Equivalent
Chak
j~ )
0.649 ch'on
1.100 cu in
Ippsng {cubic)
ch'on
Nap [also hop]
~~ )
10 chsk
11.004 cu in
Ippsng ch'ok
( 1? ~~ ~ )
1,000 ippang
0.982 cu ft
ch'an
Ptetric
Equivalent
1.804 dl
27.826 liter
. 18.039 liters
180.390 liters
Ippsng p'y:+ng
( ~ /~ ~~ ) 216 ippnng ch'ok
Sung
7.861 cu yd
{ ~;}- 1 10 hap
~
Tu [or large mat]
( ~ ) 10 sung
O.h76 US gal
(0.397 Br' gal)
4.765 US gal
Snk
(3.972 Br gal)
(~ ) to to
47.656 Us gal
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North Korean?Equivalents for US Units
US Unit
Cu in
Cu ft
Cu yd
_ ~ ~ 1
Br gal
PJorth Korean Equivalents for Metric Units
North Koren Equivalent
0.908 chak
1.569 to
4.238 sok
2.098 sung
2.517 sung
i7orth Korean Equivalent
5.5l~3 sok
US Unit
Carat
0.533 P'un
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North Korean North Korean
Unit Equivalent
P!un
~.~
Momme
[~
Kon
[
--
10 o'un
160 momme
.5.250 kon
1.875 carats 3.750 dg
[5.787 [troy) grains
57.871 [troyl 3.750 g
grsins
8.267 lb 3.750 kg
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US-Unit
J,b
Short ton
North Korean Equivalents for Metric Unit
Metric Unit
G
North Korean Equivalent
0.756 kon
North Korean.Equivalent
2.667 p'un
266.666 lctir3n
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