Mace (measurement)
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A mace is an English term for a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asian. The Chinese term is qian (Traditional Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián). It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1/10 of a tael. It is approximately 3.78 grams. A troy candareen is approximately 3.74 grams.
The term candareen was also formerly used to describe a unit of currency in imperial China equal to 10 candareens and is 1/10 of a tael. The word qián also denotes money in Mandarin Chinese. The same Chinese character (kanji) was used for the Japanese sen, the former unit equal to 1/100 of a Japanese yen.
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