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Weightkg is not an official unit in the International System of Units (SI). It is commonly encountered as a field name or shorthand in software, spreadsheets, and consumer contexts to indicate a body’s weight expressed in kilograms. Because kilograms are the SI unit of mass, the term weightkg is often used informally to mean the mass of an object as reported in kilograms rather than a measurement of weight force.

In physics, mass is intrinsic and constant; weight is the force due to gravity and varies with location. The weight W of a body with mass m on Earth is W = m × g, where g is the local acceleration due to gravity (approximately 9.80665 m/s^2). That means a 70-kg person has a weight of about 686 N on Earth, but their weight would differ on the Moon or Jupiter. In everyday life, many scales and product listings display mass in kilograms and use the term "weight" interchangeably, which can be misleading.

Conversions: 1 kilogram equals 2.2046226218 pounds. Dividing a weight in newtons by g gives the corresponding mass in kilograms.

Applications: In inventory, shipping, and athletics, "weight kg" commonly refers to mass in kilograms for simplicity, budgeting, or categorization. In technical contexts, it is important to distinguish mass (kg) from weight (N) and to specify the gravitational context if necessary.