Convert bu (Chinese) to barleycorn
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for bu (Chinese):
Bù is a Chinese unit of length equal to 5 chi (Chinese feet) or 1.66 meters.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.