Dou (), called to in Japan and du in Korea, is a unit of volume in East Asia. It originated in China and later spread to Japan, Korean and other places. One ''dou'' equals 10 ''
sheng'' or 1/10 ''dan'', is 10 liters in China,
18.039 liters in Japan
and 18 liters in Korea.
''Dou'' is one of the traditional
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 ...
used to measure cereal grains, among other things.
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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斗室 (dǒu shì)
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車載斗量 (chē zài dǒu liàng)
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不為五斗米折腰 (bù wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhéyāo)
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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:zh:中國度量衡
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Units of volume
Customary units of measurement