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きん
1. [n]
▶ kin
▶ catty
▶ [expl] traditional unit of weight, 600g
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2080720 両【りょう】 6. ryō; tael; unit of weight under the ritsuryō system, 1/16 kin, 42-43 g
2. [n] [obs]
▶ pound (unit of weight)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2836648 英斤【えいきん】 1. pound (unit of weight)
3. [n,ctr]
▶ loaf (of bread)



History:
4. A 2018-09-28 11:28:27  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
This is the format we settled on for units of volume.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>kin (traditional Japanese unit of mass, 600g)</gloss>
+<gloss>kin</gloss>
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss g_type="expl">traditional unit of weight, 600g</gloss>
@@ -19 +20 @@
-<gloss>pound (unit of mass)</gloss>
+<gloss>pound (unit of weight)</gloss>
3. A* 2018-09-27 10:47:54  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5 koj daijs
wiki(Japanese units of measurement)
wiki (catty)
  Comments:
sense 1 is not archaic or obsolete
sense 2 seems like Meiji era usage, I think we mark that as obsolete
----
the kin was standardized as exactly 600g in 1886
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
-<gloss>unit of weight ~600g</gloss>
+<gloss>kin (traditional Japanese unit of mass, 600g)</gloss>
+<gloss>catty</gloss>
@@ -17,2 +17,3 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
-<gloss>pound (unit of mass: 453.6g)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2836648">英斤・えいきん</xref>
+<misc>&obs;</misc>
+<gloss>pound (unit of mass)</gloss>
2. A 2018-06-14 01:43:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2018-06-13 16:08:53  Timofei Shatrov <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<pos>&ctr;</pos>

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