75 mm inside — US 15, Japan 35
An inside circumference of 75 mm is an inside diameter of 23.87 mm. The US formula gives 15.06, so the size called in shops is 15; Japan and Korea say 35, and the EU (ISO 8653) size is 75.
At a glance
Divide the inside circumference by pi and you have the inside diameter; the US number comes from that diameter. The Japanese, Korean and EU sizes come straight from the circumference. Nothing here is copied from a chart — one measurement fixes the other three. It runs backwards too: knowing only US 6 gives a diameter, then 51.9 mm of circumference, and from there the other scales.
- US and Canada15
- Japan and Korea35
- EU · ISO 865375
- Inside circumference
- 75 mm
- Inside diameter
- 23.87 mm
- Diameter in inches
- 0.94 in
- Nearest US half size
- US 15 · 74.84 mm
- Gap to that size
- +0.16 mm
- Where it sits
- Larger hands
The US scale is defined in inches
US 0 has an inside diameter of 0.458 inch (11.63 mm) and each size adds 0.032 inch (0.8128 mm). So diameter = 11.63 + 0.8128 × size, and backwards, size = (diameter − 11.63) ÷ 0.8128. In circumference one size is 2.55 mm, which is where the saying “a size is a tenth of an inch” comes from — that is an approximation; the definition lives on the diameter. Shops only call half sizes, so this table prints the computed value next to the nearest half size.
Japan and Korea: circumference minus 40
Size = inside circumference in mm − 40. Size 13 is 53 mm, which lands near US 6.5; size 9 is 49 mm, near US 5. Korea uses the same numbering. Printed charts usually run from 1 (41 mm) to 27 (67 mm), so the two ends of this table are the same rule extended past what is printed — a shop may not stock those, and millimetres are the safer thing to say.
One step either way
0.5 mm smaller · 0.5 mm larger
Nearby sizes
Larger hands
Worth knowing
- Inside circumference divided by pi is the inside diameter — every size here comes from that number.
- US number = (inside diameter in mm − 11.63) ÷ 0.8128.
- Japan and Korea: size = inside circumference in mm − 40. The EU (ISO 8653) uses the circumference itself.
- The British letter scale is left out because no rule of the same reliability was confirmed — give the shop the millimetres.
Common questions
Q. What US size is 75 mm inside?
The formula gives 15.06, and the half size a shop would call is 15. US 15 measures 74.84 mm, so this cell sits +0.16 mm from it.
Q. What are the Japanese, Korean and EU sizes?
Size 35, and 75 in the EU (ISO 8653). The Japanese and Korean number is the circumference minus 40, so size 35 is 75 mm, while the EU size is the circumference itself.
Q. Which finger is this size for?
It sits in the band called “Larger hands”. 75 mm of circumference is 23.87 mm (0.94 in) across, and adult ring fingers mostly land between 46 and 62 mm. Above 78 mm you are in thumb and extended sizes.