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title: "Hands to Inches — hh to in converter"
description: "1 hand = 4 inches. Convert hands to inches with a full conversion table, the exact formula, and a calculator for any value."
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# Hands to inches

**1 hand in inches: 1 hh = 4 in**

in = hh × 4

To convert hands to inches, multiply by 4. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

## Hands to inches table

*Common hand values converted to inches.*

| Hands | Inches |
| --- | --- |
| 1 hh | 4 |
| 2 hh | 8 |
| 3 hh | 12 |
| 4 hh | 16 |
| 5 hh | 20 |
| 10 hh | 40 |
| 15 hh | 60 |
| 20 hh | 80 |
| 25 hh | 100 |
| 30 hh | 120 |
| 40 hh | 160 |
| 50 hh | 200 |
| 75 hh | 300 |
| 100 hh | 400 |
| 250 hh | 1,000 |
| 500 hh | 2,000 |
| 1,000 hh | 4,000 |

## How the conversion works

The relationship is in = hh × 4. Both units measure length, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two.

## Common questions

### How many inches are in one hand?

One hand equals 4 inches. in = hh × 4.

### How do you convert hands to inches?

Use in = hh × 4. So 10 hh is 40 in.

### How many hands are in one inch?

One inch equals 0.25 hands, which is the reverse of the conversion above.

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- [Inches to Hands](https://atoneplace.net/convert/inches-to-hands/)
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- [Hands to Kilometers](https://atoneplace.net/convert/hands-to-km/)
- [Hands to Centimeters](https://atoneplace.net/convert/hands-to-cm/)
- [Hands to Millimeters](https://atoneplace.net/convert/hands-to-mm/)
- [Hands to Miles](https://atoneplace.net/convert/hands-to-miles/)
- [Hands to Yards](https://atoneplace.net/convert/hands-to-yards/)
- [Hands to Feet](https://atoneplace.net/convert/hands-to-feet/)

## Sources

- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811) [Public domain (US Government)]
- The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure)
- Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)