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
| Pinyin | Character | Relative value | Metric value | US value | Imperial value | Notes |
| cuō | 撮 | 1 mL | 0.0338 fl oz | 0.0352 fl oz | millilitre | |
| sháo | 勺 | 10 mL | 0.3381 fl oz | 0.3520 fl oz | centilitre | |
| gě | 合 | 100 mL | 3.381 fl oz | 3.520 fl oz | decilitre | |
| shēng | 市升 | 1 | 1 L | 2.113 pt | 1.760 pt | litre |
| dǒu | 市斗 | 10 | 10 L | 21.13 pt 2.64 gal | 17.60 pt 2.20 gal | decalitre |
| dàn | 市石 | 100 | 100 L | 26.41 gal | 22.0 gal | hectolitre |
Korea
For more details, please see Sheng (volume)Words
- 擔石／担石
- 以升量石
- 千石