Fen (Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn), called fan in Cantonese, hun in Taiwanese, phân in Vietnamese, or "candareen"[a] in English, is a traditional Chinese unit for weight measurement.
[7] Fen is mostly used in the traditional markets, and famous for measuring gold, silver and Chinese medicines.
[2] On June 25, 1959, the State Council of the People's Republic of China issued the "Order on the Unified Measurement System", retaining the market measure system, with minor amendment.
The traditional Chinese medicine measurement system remains unchanged.
[2] The Taiwanese still followed their own habits and continued to use the old weights and measures of the Qing Dynasty.