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Pyeong (평; pyŏng/pyong) - Korean unit of area
Pyeong is a traditional Korean unit of area still common in real-estate listings, though officially replaced by square meters. Used to describe apartment and room sizes, with informal conversions widely understood.
- Names/aliases: pyeong, pyong, 평
- System: Traditional Korean (non-SI)
- Metric equivalent: 1 pyeong = 3.305785 m² (commonly rounded to 3.306 m²)
- Imperial/US equivalent: 1 pyeong ≈ 35.583175 ft²
- Larger units: 1 jeongbo = 3,000 pyeong ≈ 9,917.355 m² ≈ 0.9917355 h
- Typical examples: “25 pyeong” apartment ≈ 82.6 m² (marketing area); room sizes expressed in pyeong for quick mental estimates
Square rod (sq rd; also perch, pole, lug) - traditional land area
Square rod is a historical Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square one rod on a side. Used in older land records and surveying alongside roods and acres.
- Symbols: sq rd, rd²; also “square perch”
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 sq rd = (16.5 ft)² = 272.25 ft² = (5.5 yd)² = 30.25 yd² = (5.0292 m)² = 25.29285264 m² (exact)
- Other relations: 40 sq rd = 1 rood; 160 sq rd = 1 acre; 16 sq rd = 1 square chain
- Typical examples: deed descriptions such as “2 roods 13 perches”; 19th-century cadastral plans