Japanese units of measurement
Length

Japanese units of measurement

Section Title: Length
Table Section Text: None

Unit	Shaku	Metric	US & Imperial

Romanised	Kanji	Exact	Approx.	Exact	Approx.

Mō	毛 or 毫	​1⁄10000	1/33,000 m	0.03030 mm	5/150,876 yd	0.001193 in

Rin	厘	​1⁄1000	1/3300 m	0.3030 mm	25/75,438 yd	0.01193 in

Bu	分	​1⁄100	1/330 m	3.030 mm	125/37,719 yd	0.1193 in

Sun	寸	​1⁄10	1/33 m	3.030 cm	1250/37,719 yd	1.193 in

Shaku	尺	1	10/33 m	30.30 cm	12,500/37,719 yd	11.93 in

Ken	間	6	60/33 m	1.818 m	25,000/12,573 yd	5 ft 11.6 in

Hiro	尋

Jō	丈	10	100/33 m	3.030 m	125,000/37,719 yd	9 ft 11.3 in

Chō	町	360	3600/33 m	109.1 m	500,000/4191 yd	357 ft 11 in

Ri	里	12,960	129,600/33 m	3.927 km	6,000,000/1397 yd	2.440 mi

Notes: Exact figures follow the 1891 Law of Weights & Measures and 1959 International Yard and Pound Agreement. Approximations are rounded to four significant figures.

Sentence(s)

The Japanese ri is 12,960 shaku.

final_sentence: The Japanese ri is 12,960 shaku.