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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Richard<BR><EM>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?</EM>  <EM>Would it be best to try to translate it into the jargon of present-day type measurement by using the term point? </EM> <BR>
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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 <EM>寸 </EM> = ~2.085cm, or rounding down and up = 2cm or 21mm. <BR>
best,<BR>
jim<BR>
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1 <EM>寸 =  ~</EM><SPAN class=st1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-CA>1.463"</SPAN></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN class=st1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-CA>1 point = 1/72"</SPAN></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN class=st1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-CA>1.463 x 72 = 105.336 / 6 x 10 = 63.2 points</SPAN></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN class=st1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #444444; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang=EN-CA>63 / 72 = 7/8"</SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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