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しゃっかんほう 尺貫法
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1. old Japanese system of weights and measures​
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2. Japanese units of measurement​Shakkan-hō is the traditional Japanese system of measurement. The name shakkanhō originates from the name of two of the units, the shaku, a unit of length, and the kan, a mass measurement. The system is Chinese in origin. The units originated in the Shang Dynasty in the 13th century BC, and eventually stabilized in the Zhou Dynasty in the 10th century BC and spread from there to Japan, South East Asia, and Korea.
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