A ''dan'' or ''shi'' () in China, ''
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 co ...
'' 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
The litre ( Commonwealth spelling) or liter (American spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metres (m3). A cubic ...
in China,
180.39 litres in Japan
and 180 litres in Korea.
China
Japan
Korea
For more details, please see
Sheng (volume)
The Chinese sheng ( zh, c=升, p=shēng), called sho in Japan and seung in Korea, also called Chinese liter, is a traditional unit of volume in East Asia. It originated from China and was later adapted by Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and o ...
Words
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擔石／担石 (dàn dàn)
*以升量石 (yǐ shēng liàng dàn)
*千石 (qiān dàn)
See also
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Chinese units of measurement
Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the ''shìzhì'' ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal (base-10) since the Shang dynasty, Shang, several Chine ...
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Japanese units of measurement
Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō () is the customary units, traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese units of measurement, Chinese system, whic ...
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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 ...
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Dan (weight)
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:zh:中國度量衡
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References
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Units of volume
Customary units of measurement