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How many chinese foot in 1 fathom? The answer is 5.4864. We assume you are converting between chinese foot and fathom. You can view more details on each measurement unit: chinese foot or fathom The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 3 chinese foot, or 0.54680664916885 fathom. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between chinese feet and fathoms. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 chinese foot to fathom = 0.18227 fathom
5 chinese foot to fathom = 0.91134 fathom
10 chinese foot to fathom = 1.82269 fathom
20 chinese foot to fathom = 3.64538 fathom
30 chinese foot to fathom = 5.46807 fathom
40 chinese foot to fathom = 7.29076 fathom
50 chinese foot to fathom = 9.11344 fathom
75 chinese foot to fathom = 13.67017 fathom
100 chinese foot to fathom = 18.22689 fathom
You can do the reverse unit conversion from fathom to chinese foot, or enter any two units below:
The chi (Chinese: 尺; pinyin: chǐ, Wade-Giles: chih) or shaku (Japanese: 尺) is a traditional Chinese and Japanese unit of length, approximately equal to the foot. As with other measurements, it was originally derived from nature: the average length between nodes on bamboo. In both countries the same character is used to write the name for both units. Although of common origin, the current standard value of the two units is slightly different in the two countries.
In both countries, the chi or shaku is divided into 10 smaller units, known as 寸 (cun in China, or sun in Japan). 10 chi or shaku are equal to a 丈 (zhang in Chinese, or jō in Japanese).
unit of length equal to six feet used to measure depth of water
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