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Dan (volume)
Chinese unit of volume From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A dan or shi (Chinese: 石; pinyin: dàn, shí) in China, koku in Japan and seok (석) in Korea, is a unit of volume mainly for grains. It originated in China and later spread to other places in East Asia.[1] One dan is divided into 10 dous or 100 shengs. It is 100 litres in China,[2][3] 180.39 litres in Japan[4] and 180 litres in Korea.[5]
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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
Notes
- The variant figures in Fessley [10] and the UN[11] reports are based on the imperial measuring system.
References
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