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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
Tatami mat (畳, jō) - Japanese flooring unit of area
Tatami mat is a traditional Japanese flooring module used as a practical unit of area; room sizes are often stated by the count of mats (jō). Dimensions vary regionally, so one tatami has no single national standard.
- Names/aliases: tatami, 畳 (jō); room size written as “n-jō”
- System: Traditional Japanese (non-SI)
- Typical sizes (area):
• Kyōma (Kyoto): 0.955 m × 1.910 m = 1.824 m² ≈ 19.63 ft²
• Chūkyōma (Nagoya): 0.910 m × 1.820 m = 1.656 m² ≈ 17.83 ft²
• Edoma/Kantōma (Tokyo area): 0.880 m × 1.760 m = 1.5488 m² ≈ 16.67 ft²
• Other regional modules exist; common range ≈ 1.55–1.82 m² per mat
- Room estimates: 6-jō room ≈ 9–11 m² depending on region; 8-jō ≈ 12–15 m²
- Construction note: buildings often use tatami modules as planning grids; mats are rectangular with length ≈ 2 × width