Convert Catties to Newtons
Convert Catties (catty) to Newtons (N) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
N = catty × 5.9232166
About Catties
The catty (also jin 斤 in Chinese) is a traditional unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, equal to 600 grams in its modern metric form. It was historically the standard unit of trade for goods at markets throughout China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia for over a thousand years. Today the catty remains widely used in Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, and Singaporean wet markets and grocery stores for weighing vegetables, meat, and fish. In Hong Kong, the catty (斤) is precisely 604.79 grams; in mainland China it is exactly 500 grams (half a kilogram).
About Newtons
The newton (N) is the SI unit of force, but because weight is technically the gravitational force on a mass, newtons are the scientifically correct unit for what most people call 'weight.' At standard gravity (9.80665 m/s²), 1 kg of mass exerts a weight force of approximately 9.81 N. Scales in physics labs and engineering contexts display results in newtons rather than kilograms. The distinction matters in aerospace and high-altitude contexts: an astronaut's mass stays constant at, say, 70 kg, but their weight in newtons changes from ~686 N on Earth's surface to nearly 0 N in free-fall orbit.
Quick Reference Table
| Catties (catty) | Newtons (N) |
|---|---|
| 1 catty | 5.92322 N |
| 2 catty | 11.8464 N |
| 5 catty | 29.6161 N |
| 10 catty | 59.2322 N |
| 25 catty | 148.08 N |
| 50 catty | 296.161 N |
| 100 catty | 592.322 N |