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Dan (volume)
A ''dan'' or ''shi'' () in China, ''koku'' in Japan and ''seok'' () in Korea, is a unit of volume mainly for grains. It originated in China and later spread to other places in East Asia. One ''dan'' is divided into 10 '' dous'' or 100 '' shengs''. It is 100 litres in China, 180.39 litres in Japan and 180 litres in Korea. China Japan Korea For more details, please see Sheng (volume) Words * 擔石／担石 (dàn dàn) *以升量石 (yǐ shēng liàng dàn) *千石 (qiān dàn) See also * Chinese units of measurement * Japanese units of measurement * Korean units of measurement Korean units of measurement, called ''cheokgwan-beop'' () or ''cheokgeun-beop'' () in Korean, is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Korean peninsula. It is largely based on the Chinese system, with influence from Ja ... * Dan (weight) * :zh:中國度量衡 Notes References {{reflist Units of volume Customary units of measurement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koku
The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. One koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about of rice. It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1,000 gō. One ''gō'' is the traditional volume of a single serving of rice (before cooking), used to this day for the plastic measuring cup that is supplied with commercial Japanese rice cookers. The ''koku'' in Japan was typically used as a dry measure. The amount of rice production measured in ''koku'' was the metric by which the magnitude of a feudal domain ('' han'') was evaluated. A feudal lord was only considered ''daimyō'' class when his domain amounted to at least 10,000 ''koku''. As a rule of thumb, one ''koku'' was considered a sufficient quantity of rice to feed one person for one year. The Chinese equivalent or cognate unit for capacity is the ''shi'' or '' dan'' () also known as ''hu'' (), now approximately 103 litres but historically about . Chinese equivalent The Chinese 石 ''dan'' is equal to 10 ''d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |