Axis

Historical mass

jin (Chinese)jin

The modern Chinese jin of exactly 500 g.

Dimension
mass
Canonical signature
M
System
chinese
Exactness
Exact by definition

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 jin = 0.5 kg
Conversion type
linear
Aliases
catty, 斤, Chinese pound

Same dimension

Related units

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Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 jin = 0.5 kg

Exact by definition relationship

10 jin = 5 kg

Exact by definition relationship