[KS] Querry: good translation for pun 分 (size of logographs)

[Jim Thomas]

Sorry Folks,
As best I can tell, there are at least four different equivalents given for 1 寸
1 寸 = 3.71475 cm
1 寸 = 3.03 cm
1 寸 - 3.3 cm
with the contemporary measure being 3.33333...cm
six tenths of each of the first three would be
2.22885 cm
1.818 cm
1.98 cm, respectively
My calculation in points should have read 1.463" x 72 = 105.336 x 6 / 10 = 63.2 points
And the first line should have read "mathematically."
best,
jim
 
From: jimpthomas at hotmail.com
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:53:17 -0400
Subject: Re: [KS] Querry:  good translation for pun 分  (size of logographs)




Dear Richard
If the size of the Sino-Korean logographs (characters) is said to be six pun (yukpun 六分), does that mean the logographs are six-tenths of an "inch" (ch'on 寸) in size?  Would it be best to try to translate it into the jargon of present-day type measurement by using the term point?  

 

Mathmatically speaking, six ch'on is almost exactly 7/8" (see below), which would seem about the right size for small characters inscribed on stele. I think '7/8" logographs' sounds much better than '63 point logographs.' Or, alternatively, 1 寸  = ~2.085cm, or rounding down and up = 2cm or 21mm. 

best,

jim

 

1 寸 =  ~1.463"

1 point = 1/72"

1.463 x 72 = 105.336 / 6 x 10 = 63.2 points

63 / 72 = 7/8"

 
 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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