Mesures de la main artlibre jnl.png|thumb|right|250px|Three archaic hand units of measurment:
1: Hand = 4 inches = 10.16 cm
2: Span = 9 inches = 22.86 cm
3: Palm = 3 inches = 7.62 cm ]]

Span is the width of a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the pinky finger. See also: English unit

1 span := 9 inches

= 0.2286 m

In Slavic languages, the analogue of span is pyad (peti, пядь). It is the width from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger. See also: Obsolete Russian weights and measures

1 pyad := 4 vershok

= 7 inches

= 0.1778 m

In Swahili, the correct analogue of span is futuri. ^*

units of length | Human-based units of measure

Empan | Piędź | Пядь