barleycorn to li
92 unitsResult4.208746e-2
0.04208745809li
1 barleycorn × 0.04208745809 = 0.04208745809 li
Convert Barleycorn to Link (US survey) (barleycorn to li)
1 barleycorn = 0.04208745809 link (US survey). Convert barleycorns to link (US survey) instantly, with the exact factor, the formula and a reference table of common values.
Formula
link (US survey) = barleycorns × 0.04208745809
barleycorn to li conversion table
| barleycorn | li |
|---|---|
| 1 barleycorn | 0.04208745809 li |
| 2 barleycorn | 0.08417491617 li |
| 3 barleycorn | 0.1262623743 li |
| 5 barleycorn | 0.2104372904 li |
| 10 barleycorn | 0.4208745809 li |
| 20 barleycorn | 0.8417491617 li |
| 50 barleycorn | 2.104372904 li |
| 100 barleycorn | 4.208745809 li |
| 250 barleycorn | 10.52186452 li |
| 500 barleycorn | 21.04372904 li |
| 1000 barleycorn | 42.08745809 li |
What is a barleycorn?
The barleycorn is a traditional unit of length, one of many that were in use before the metric system spread. One barleycorn equals 0.0084666667 meters, so every conversion on this page starts from that single number.
Units like this were often based on the human body or on farm work, and their exact size varied from town to town until modern values were fixed. They turn up today in old documents, translations, and historical research, where converting barleycorns into meters makes the numbers readable again.