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A pyeong (, Japanese Romaji: tsubo; ), is an areal unit used to measure the size of rooms or buildings in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan equal to 36 shaku2, where one ''shaku'' (尺, Japanese foot; 〔http://web.archive.org/web/20051228140325/http://samo15.netian.com/unit.html〕〔http://krdic.naver.com/detail.nhn?docid=40441500〕) is m. Thus, one pyeong is approximately square metres (3.3058 m2, 3.954 sq yd or 35.586 sq ft). This unit is derived from Chinese Zhou Dynasty '步' unit. In Japan, the size of a room is often measured by the number of tatami mats (-畳 -''jō''). Alternatively, house floor area is measured in terms of ''tsubo'', where one ''tsubo'' is the area of two tatami mats (a square). One ''tsubo'' is almost the area of 2 blocks of the standard tatami put together into a square since the Edo Period (江戸時代). Although Japanese rule in Taiwan ended in 1945 and Taiwan is now fully metricated, the ''ping'' is still commonly used. In South Korea, a new law enacted as of July 1, 2007, will replace the use of pyeong in official documents with the square metre.〔http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_business/217817.html〕 A studio apartment will generally be around 8 to 12 pyeong, a house somewhere around 25 or more, and the smallest of rooms, consisting of only a bed and a bit of floor space for students, will be as little as 1.5 pyeong. ==See also== *Units of measure *List of Korea-related topics *Japanese units of measurement *Taiwanese units of measurement 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pyeong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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