Korean units of measurement#Area

Customary Korean units are a local adaption of the traditional Chinese system, which was adopted at a very early date.{{sfnp|Ledyard|1994|p=285}} They were imposed and adjusted at various times by royal statutes.{{sfnp|Kim|2010}} The details of the system have varied over time and location in Korea's history.{{sfnp|Fessley|2009|p=1}}{{sfnp|Gwon|2010}} Standardization—to the extent it occurred—was accomplished by officially sanctioned rulers, ropes, odometers, triangulation devices,{{sfnp|Ledyard|1994|p=284}} weights, cups, and basins.

Although most of the measures operate on a decimal system, the standard form was to read out the units of each place (as, e.g., 3{{nbsp}}cheok, 1{{nbsp}}chon, 4{{nbsp}}bun, 1{{nbsp}}ri) rather than list them as a single number of the largest unit (as 3.141{{nbsp}}cheok).{{sfnp|Ledyard|1994|p=285}}

Taejo of Joseon established a Market Bureau ({{Korean|hangul=시사|hanja=市司|labels=no}}) or Bureau of Weights and Measures ({{Korean|hangul=평시서|hanja=平市署|labels=no}}) at the foundation of the Joseon dynasty in 1392.{{sfnp|NIKH|2017}} The Joseon Kingdom later attempted a standardization of length based on square brass rulers, which were used by magistrates and the secret police to fight commercial fraud.{{sfnp|Kim|2015}} Under the Joseon, different classes of society were permitted different numbers of kan in their homes, but in its traditional sense—like the Japanese ken—of a bay between two pillars rather than as a set unit of length.{{sfnp|Kim|2015}}

The 1496 Great Codex of State Administration (Kyŏngguk Taejŏn) included a section on approved measures and their verification.{{sfnp|Ledyard|1994|p=285}} It employed a li of 360{{nbsp}}paces or 2160{{nbsp}}feet but did not explicitly mention that conversion until its 1746 supplement.{{sfnp|Ledyard|1994|p=285}}

The 1897 Law on Weights and Measures uniting Korea's various local systems was the first legislation enacted upon the Joseon's establishment of the Korean Empire.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}}

{{anchor|Japanese occupation|Japanese Chosen|Chōsen|Chosen}}

During the Japanese occupation from 1910 to 1945, Japan imposed its standards on Korea. Two of the most common "traditional" units in Korea—the pyeong of floorspace and the jeweler's don—were among those given their modern value by the Japanese.{{sfnp|Hong|2007}}

South Korea signed the Metre Convention in 1959 and notionally adopted the metric system under Park Chung Hee on 10 May 1961,{{sfnp|DBI|1985|p=837}}{{sfnp|HMC|23 June 2007}} with a strict law banning the use of the Korean pound, li, gwan, and don effective as of 1 January 1964{{sfnp|DBI|1985|p=837}} and—after metric conversion of the land registries—the pyeong.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} The metrication was not applied to imported or exported goods{{sfnp|DBI|1985|p=837}} and remained so generally spotty as to be considered a failure,{{sfnp|Hong|2007}} with the government abandoning its attempts to enforce the statute by 1970.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} The traditional units feature in many Korean sayings{{efn|See, e.g., the proverbs on the importance of flattery and lying in Lee.{{sfnp|Lee|2006|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=H4CsWDEi52IC&pg=PA82 82]}}}} and much of its literature and poetry, including the national anthem, which mentions Korea's "three thousand lis of rivers and mountains".{{sfnp|Hong|2007}} Further attempts to fully metricate occurred in 1983, 2000,{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} and 2001,{{sfnp|Hong|2007}} with publicity campaigns praising the metric system and condemning traditional units through TV and radio ads, brochures, signs, and contests.{{sfnp|Fessley|2009|p=4}} A common theme was the origin of the present values of the units under Japanese occupation; Yun Byeong-su of the Korea Association of Standards & Testing Organizations noted that "even Japan has forsaken the don for the units of grams and ounces but here we are standing around like idiots still blathering on about don."{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} Nonetheless, strong opposition from the construction and jewelry industries and negative media coverage forced Korean politicians to avoid the topic and regulators to settle for dual use of conventional and metric measures.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}}

A 2006 study found 88% of real estate companies and 71% of jewelers in 7 major markets were still using the pyeong and don,{{sfnp|Hong|2007}} after which the government decided simply to criminalize further commercial use of traditional units. (Another important factor was the European Union regulation mandating the use of metric in all imported goods by 2010.){{sfnp|HMC|22 July 2007}} The sale of rulers marking Korean feet was ended{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} and a Measure Act effective 1 July 2007 empowered the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards of the Ministry of Commerce to begin immediately levying fines of up to ₩500,000 for commercial use of the pyeong and don, with less common units enjoying a longer grace period.{{sfnp|Hong|2007}} The ban also included use of American units, such as describing the display size of televisions and computer monitors in terms of inches.{{efn|A particular exception to this policy was made for the continued use of pounds for bowling ball sizes and yards on golf courses, owing to the international conventions of those sports.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}}}} The "serving size" used as an informal and variable measure of meat cuts was standardized to 100{{nbsp}}g.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} Knowledge of the fine remained low for years, and it was later increased to a maximum of ₩1,000,000 (about $800) for users of illegal units{{sfnp|Fessley|2009|p=4}} and ₩3,000,000 for sellers of measuring devices marked with unapproved units.{{harvp|APLMF|2015|loc="[http://www.aplmf.org/republic-of-korea.html Republic of Korea]"}}. South Korea's measurement standards are now maintained by the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science.

Despite this strong official discouragement, some use continues in retail, manufacturing, and farming.{{sfnp|Fessley|2009|p=4}} Even among those who have adopted metric units, informal use of awkward metric fractions equivalent to round amounts of the former units is common, especially with regard to the very common pyeong of floorspace.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} (Such treatment was avoided in the gold market by laws requiring pricing and denomination in even amounts of grams.){{sfnp|Jo|2006}} Another dodge has been to treat the traditional units as a nondescript 'unit', such as marketing an air conditioner appropriate for a 20{{nbsp}}py home as a "20-Type".{{citation |title=Ask a Korean! |contribution=Pyeong, and Old Habits Dying Hard |contribution-url=http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2012/07/pyeong-and-old-habits-dying-hard.html |date=21 July 2012 }}.{{Unreliable source?|reason=See unreliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=November 2024}}

Despite the importance of the Soviet Union in establishing North Korea, Kim Il Sung continued official use of Korean units until the DPRK's notional metrication under National Standard 4077–75 on 14 April 1975.{{harvp|APLMF|2015|loc="[http://www.aplmf.org/dpr-korea.html DPR Korea]"}}.{{efn|This standard was subsequently superseded by National Standard 4077-91 in 1991, but that standard continued the use of the metric system as well.}} It joined the Meter Treaty in 1982{{harvp|Lord|2001|loc="[https://sizes.com/units/General/met_sys_spred.htm Spread of the Metric System]"}}. or 1989,{{sfnp|BIPM|2007|p=194}} although it was removed from the International Bureau for Weights and Measures and related organizations in 2012 for its years of failure to pay the necessary fees.{{sfnp|BIPM|2014|p=5}} North Korea has long used the metric system in its state-run media and international publications,{{sfnp|YNA|2013}} but continues to use traditional units alongside the metric system{{sfnp|TEG|2017}} in sectors approved by the government.{{sfnp|DPRK|1993|loc=Ch. II, §§13–15}} North Korea's standards are administered by the Central Institute of Metrology under the State Administration of Quality Management in accordance with the Law on Metrology{{sfnp|DPRK|1993}} ratified by the Supreme People's Assembly on 3 February 1993.{{sfnp|CooMet|2013}} North Korea uses the pyeong in various regulations, such as the 50{{nbsp}}py per person allowed for private farming in 1987,{{sfnp|Park & al.|2014|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=mW2EBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 33]}} despite guides who disparage the unit as a historical relic of the South to foreign tourists visiting the country.{{sfnp|Burdick|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=g3TJ_-Tw3q0C&pg=PA150 150]}} The metric system is thought not to have spread to domestic factories or stores prior to Kim Jong Un's metrification initiative, announced in May 2013.{{sfnp|YNA|2013}} The change was part of Kim's policy of stressing the importance of science and technology and its "universal trends".{{sfnp|YNA|2013}} His announcement in the state-run quarterly Cultural Language Study said that increasing use of the metric system would "strengthen international exchange and cooperation... in the fields of industry, science, and technology and even in the area of general social life".{{sfnp|YNA|2013}}

The base unit of Korean length is the foot,{{sfnp|Kim|2007}} with other units changing over time based on its dimensions and multiples. Different ancient Korean kingdoms had different exact measurements;{{sfnp|Kim|2015}} that of Sejong the Great ({{abbr|r|ruled}}.{{nbsp}}1418–1450) was 31.22{{nbsp}}cm.{{sfnp|Kim|2007}} Under the early Joseon Kingdom, the value of the foot varied by trade, with different lengths used for the carpentry foot and the fabric foot.{{sfnp|Kim|2015}}

The biggest difference between the traditional Korean and Chinese units of length is that the Korean equivalent of the bu uses a different character and its pre-Tang composition of six Korean feet rather than five. (The bu was usually treated as a synonym of this unit within Korea but sometimes distinguished as a length of 4{{nbsp}}feet). In 369 CE, during the reign of King Geunchogo of Baekje, his realm seems to have used a foot of about 28.85{{nbsp}}cm.{{sfnp|Gwon|2010}}

The Korean li previously bore values around 434.16{{nbsp}}m (3rd century), 531.18{{nbsp}}m (6th–7th), 559.8{{nbsp}}m (7th–10th), 552.96{{nbsp}}m (10th–14th), and 450{{nbsp}}m (19th);{{citation|title=Oxford English Dictionary|url=http://www.oed.com/|ref={{harvid|OED}}|contribution=ri, n.|contribution-url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/165428|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press}}. it was also reckoned based on travel time and therefore varied in length between the plains and mountains. It was standardized as {{sfrac|10}}{{nbsp}}of the Japanese ri of {{nowrap|3{{sfrac|51|55}} km}} in 1905.{{harvp|Lord|2006|loc=[https://sizes.com/units/li.htm#Korea "Li"]}}.{{efn|Both the 1955 and 1966 editions of the UN's report on national measurement systems report the Korean li as precisely equal to the Japanese ri, but this seems to be in error.}}

{{anchor|Pyong|Pyung|Pyeong}}

The base unit of Korean area is the pyeong,{{sfnp|Kim|2007}} equivalent to a square kan or 36 square Korean feet. It comprised about 3.158{{nbsp}}m² during Korea's Three Kingdoms Era;{{sfnp|Kim|2015}} the present value derives from the units established by the Japanese.{{sfnp|Kim|2015}} Despite being notionally illegal, the pyeong remains particularly common when discussing residential and commercial floorspace{{sfnp|Fessley|2009|p=5}}{{sfnp|Zatko|2011|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=2fU5TgWBTecC&pg=PA204 204]}} and tiles. A separate pyeong of 0.09{{nbsp}}m² was used for selling glass.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} The floorspace pyeong is still prevalent enough that it continues to be glossed in the government's promotional material for foreign investors.{{sfnp|KOTRA|2010}}

Farms and large estates were formerly generally measured in majigi, which is notionally not based on multiples of the pyeong but on the amount of land suitable for the planting of one mall of rice or grain seed.{{harvp|Yu & al.|2004|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=CcqBYxSpvb8C&pg=PA178 178]}}. In practice, it was standardized to the pyeong system but varied in size from province to province based on the average richness of their soil.

{{anchor|Mass}}

The base unit of Korean weight is the gwan.{{sfnp|Kim|2007}} At the time of Korea's metrification, however, the Geun was in more common use. Although it was usually taken as equivalent to 600{{nbsp}}g,{{sfnp|HMC|22 July 2007}} as with red pepper and meats,{{sfnp|Jo|2006}}{{sfnp|Kim|2015}} a separate pound of 400{{nbsp}}g was used for fruits{{sfnp|Jo|2006}}{{sfnp|Kim|2015}} and another of 375{{sfnp|Kim|2007}} or 200{{nbsp}}g was used for vegetables.{{sfnp|Jo|2006}} The nyang also sees some use among Korea's vendors of traditional Chinese medicine.{{citation |last=B. |first=Paul |title=An Acorn in the Dog's Food |contribution=Measurements |contribution-url=http://samedi.livejournal.com/369252.html |url=http://samedi.livejournal.com/ |publisher=LiveJournal |date=21 February 2011 }}.

The "bag" (kama) was a variable unit usually figured as 54{{nbsp}}kg of unhusked rice or 60{{nbsp}}kg of polished rice, although 90{{nbsp}}kg "bags" were also used.

{{anchor|Capacity}}

The base unit of Korean volume or capacity is the doi.{{sfnp|Kim|2007}}

In 3rd-century Gaya, the mal was reckoned at about 2{{nbsp}}L, the size of the present-day doe.{{sfnp|Gwon|2010}} In the early 17th century, the Joseon picul was reckoned as 15 or 20 mal, but similarly only comprised 89.464 or 119.285{{nbsp}}L owing to the smaller size of the mal at that time.{{sfn|Kim|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=mVvSdPghJ3wC&pg=PA337 337]}}

The United Nations also reported a "small mal" half the size of the standard mal. In contexts involving volume, two cubic forms of "pyeong" were also formerly used. The pyeong of gravel was a cubic gan (about 6.01{{nbsp}}m³); the pyeong of firewood was {{frac|1|3}} as much (about{{nbsp}}2.0035{{nbsp}}m³). Palais reports alternate seoks of 15 and 20 mal each.{{sfnp|Palais|1996|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t7k3CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1083 1083]}}

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• CIM & SAQM, North Korean standards organizations

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