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Korea
units of length

							리 li
							chung	3.6**	5
						간 kan*	60	216	300
			자 / 척 cheok			6	360	1296	1800
			치 / 촌 chi		10	60	3600	12,960	18,000
			푼 pun	10	100	600	36,000	129,600	180,000
		ri	10	100	1000	6000	360,000	1,296,000	1,800,000
	mo	10	100	1000	10,000	60,000	3,600,000	12,960,000	18,000,000
1905 – 1961 (some illegal use thereafter)	1/33 mm	10/33 mm	3 1/33 mm	3 1/33 cm	30.3 cm	1.818 m	3600/33 = 109¹⁄₁₁ m	392.72 m	—
10ᵗʰ – 14ᵗʰ centuries			3.072 mm	3.072 cm	30.72 cm	1.84 m	110.59 m	—	552.96 m
7ᵗʰ – 10ᵗʰ centuries			3.11 mm	3.11 cm	31.1 cm	1.86 m	111.96 m	—	559.8 m
6ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries			2.951 mm	2.951 cm	29.51 cm	1.77 m	106.24 m	—	531.18 m
3^rd century			2.412 mm	2.412 cm	24.12 cm	1.45 m	86.83 m	—	434.16 m

* A unit called the po = 6 cheok in the 3^rd century and 6ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries, but 5 cheok in the 7ᵗʰ – 14ᵗʰ centuries. Thus, the multiples for larger units do not apply.

** The unusual multiplier for the li is due to the influence in 1905 of the Japanese system of lengths. It makes the li 1/10th of the Japanese ri.

United Nations, 1966.

James Huntley Grayson.
Myths and Legends from Korea.
Richmond, Surrey (UK): Curzon, 2001.

Korea units of length

Korea
units of length