垧

Mandarin · pinyin shǎng

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  1. unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝 mǔ in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)
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垧
shǎng · variable unit of land measure
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3 · shang3

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hoeng2

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  1. variable unit of land measure

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垧 · shang3
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Exact source record垧 垧 [shang3] /unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝|亩[mu3] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)/