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Picul
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 擔 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 担 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese | đảm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 담 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 擔 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 担 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | たん / ピクル, ㌯ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Malay name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malay | pikul | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indonesian | pikul | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A picul /ˈpɪkəl/,[1] dan[2] or tam,[3] is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole".[1] Historically, it was defined as equivalent to 100 or 120 catties, depending on time and region. The picul is most commonly used in southern China and Maritime Southeast Asia.
- ^ a b "picul". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "The Weights and Measures Act (1929)". Legislative Yuan. Archived from the original on 2014-04-25.
- ^ "Weights and Measures Ordinance". The Law of Hong Kong.
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