chon
/tʃɑn/
noun
- A former monetary unit of South Korea, equal to one hundredth of a won.
- Before decimalization, Koreans used chon for small transactions.
- The price was listed as 50 chon in the old catalog.
- He found a few chon coins in his grandfather's collection.
- A unit of weight used in East Asia, equal to about 3.75 grams, often used for measuring medicinal herbs or precious metals.
- Traditional herbalists still measure ingredients in chon.
- The jeweler weighed the gold at three chon.
- The recipe called for two chon of ginseng root.