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one-hundredth; 0.3 mm; 0.1 percent; 0.0375 g
Traditional Japanese unit meaning one-hundredth of a base unit. Used for length (0.3 mm, 1/100 of a 寸), percentage (0.1%, 1/100 of a 割), and weight (0.0375 g, 1/100 of a 匁). Mostly historical or technical.
昔の長さの単位で、1寸は100厘です。
In old length units, 1 sun is 100 rin.
この金の重さは3厘ほどしかない。
This gold weighs only about 3 rin.
noun
rin (monetary unit); 0.001 yen
Historical monetary unit, one-thousandth of a yen. No longer in circulation; used in historical or accounting contexts.
明治時代には1厘硬貨が発行されていた。
In the Meiji period, 1-rin coins were issued.
Kana spelling is common in everyday contexts, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Outdated kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
The kanji 厘 is used for small fractional units. The reading りん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading. The obsolete reading り is a historical variant.