Convert barleycorn to fen (Chinese)
Selected category: length.
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.
Definition and details for fen (Chinese):
Fen is a Chinese unit of length equal to 1/100 chi (Chinese foot) or 3.3 mm.