page_title: Tael
section_title: Historical usage
hierarchical_section_title: Tael / Historical usage
caption_attribution_description: English: A Chinese silver liǎng (两) with stamps Used in Central Asia as a "Silver Hoof" ingot Русский: Китайский серебрянный лян (两) с печатями использовавшийся в средней азии в качестве серебрянного слитка с копыто Қазақша: Кытай күміс лян (两), тамга басылган Бiзде Күміс Тұяқтеп аталган
context_page_description: Tael, also known as the tahil and by other names, can refer to any one of several weight measures used in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It usually refers to the Chinese tael, since 1959 standardized to 50 gram and a part of the Chinese system of weights and currency.
  In Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is equivalent to 10 mace or ​¹⁄₁₆ catty, albeit with slightly different metric equivalents in these two places. These Chinese units of measurement are usually used in Chinese herbal medicine stores as well as gold and silver exchange.
context_section_description: In China, there were many different weighting standards of tael depending on the region or type of trade. In general the silver tael weighed around 40 grams (1.3 ozt). The most common government measure was the Kuping (庫平; kùpíng; 'treasury standard') tael, weighing 37.5 grams (1.21 ozt). A common commercial weight, the Caoping (漕平; cáopíng; 'canal shipping standard') tael weighed 36.7 grams (1.18 ozt) of marginally less pure silver.
  As in China, Japan and Korea used the tael (Japanese: 両; Hepburn: ryō; Korean: 량/냥; Hanja: 兩; RR: nyang/ryang) as both a unit of weight and, by extension, a currency.
caption: A Chinese silver liǎng (銀兩 / 银两) with stamps Used in Central Asia as a "Silver Hoof" ingot.
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