Carat and Karat are both
"carats" but the meaning is very different.
When we are looking at a piece of jewelry or buying jewelry,
the number of jewels and the material of precious metals are something that
everyone will pay attention to. However, when we are surrounded by large and
small carats, have you ever wondered what Carat and Karat mean in English, the
two words in English are pronounced the same, and Chinese calls them
"carats". But why is writing different? Whether they are the same
meaning or not.
▲Carat and Karat are turned into carats, but the meaning is very
different.
First, let's take a look at what Carat means. Before we
understand what Carat means, let's first come to know a plant called Carob. This
is an evergreen plant with a large canopy. The pods of the carob have sweet
juice and seeds. It is noted that no matter where the carob grows, regardless
of the size of the tree and the pod, the weight of the carob seeds is always
the same, and the weight is mostly concentrated at 0.189 g. Later it was
standardized to 0.2 grams, and the seed of the carob tree was gradually spread
as a measure of weight and was named Cara. And now the word Carat comes from
the Latin Ceratonia of the carob tree. Since then, Carat has become the unit of
weight.
▲ "Carob tree" is an evergreen plant with a large canopy and
the origin of Carat.
Like other items, the weight of early gemstones, diamonds,
and pearls is also in carats, abbreviated as Ct. One thing that deserves a lot
of attention is that the carat refers to the weight of the gem instead of the
size, such as a 1-carat sapphire and a 1-carat ruby, even though they have the
same mass of 0.2 g, but the size of the two gemstones. It will be different.
▲Carat becomes the unit representing the weight of the diamond.
Let's take another example of a familiar diamond. If you
compare three diamonds with a weight of 1 carat, the size of the diamond is
very likely to be different due to the different cutting ratios. In other
words, it's like having three people with the same weight of 70 kg, and their
height maybe 170, 180 and 175 cm.
▲Three diamonds weighing 1 carat are compared, but the size of the
diamond is very likely to be different due to the different cutting
ratios.
Another carat Karat, beginning with the letter
"k", is a measure of gold purity. People divide pure gold into 24
copies. The 24k gold we often say means that the 24 parts of the gold are all
pure gold, without any other metal. Therefore, 24K gold is also often referred
to as pure gold or 100% gold.
▲a karat is a standard used to measure the purity of gold
In jewelry, we often see the words 18K gold, which means
that it is made of 18 pure gold and 6 parts of other precious metals such as
silver and copper. Some jewels will mark 18K gold as 750 words
because 18K gold contains 75% pure gold. If you summarize the difference
between Carat and Karat in one sentence, Carat represents the weight of the
stone, and karat represents the purity of gold. Although these two carats are
similar in pronunciation, they have a world of difference.
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