Go (volume)
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The is a traditional Japanese unit
of area
and volume
. It expresses a tenth of a particular quantity.
As a unit expressing area, one gō is equivalent to a tenth of a bu or tsubo
. This is approximately equal to 0.3306 m²
.
As a unit expressing volume, one gō is equivalent to a tenth of a shō. This is approximately equal to 0.1809 liter
s.
Although it is no longer used officially, rice
and sake are often measured in gō. As a rule of thumb, one gō is equivalent to about 150 gram
s of Japanese short grain rice. A gō is 1/1000 of a koku
, the base unit
which was historically defined as the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year. It is a very old unit of measurement and recently there has been some attempts of revival which have met with success; several more things are now being measured in gō like traditional Japanese fish (especially the dangerous Fugu
) and several restaurants have re-instated it as part of a more traditional way of viewing the country's culture.
The Japanese gō is distinct from the Chinese unit gě, although both are written with the same character. The gě is also a unit of volume, but its size is a tenth of a peck, or roughly 0.881 liters.
Japanese units of measurement
' is the traditional Japanese system of measurement. The name shakkanhō originates from the name of two of the units, the shaku, a unit of length, and the kan, a mass measurement.The system is Chinese in origin...
of area
Area
Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...
and volume
Volume
Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space enclosed by some closed boundary, for example, the space that a substance or shape occupies or contains....
. It expresses a tenth of a particular quantity.
As a unit expressing area, one gō is equivalent to a tenth of a bu or tsubo
Tsubo
Japanese words have the following meanings:*pressure point in the context of traditional medicine*a Japanese unit of measure*Cooking pot or a similar vessel...
. This is approximately equal to 0.3306 m²
Square metre
The square metre or square meter is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m2 . It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre...
.
As a unit expressing volume, one gō is equivalent to a tenth of a shō. This is approximately equal to 0.1809 liter
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s.
Although it is no longer used officially, rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
and sake are often measured in gō. As a rule of thumb, one gō is equivalent to about 150 gram
Gram
The gram is a metric system unit of mass....
s of Japanese short grain rice. A gō is 1/1000 of a koku
Koku
The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres. The koku was originally defined as a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year...
, the base unit
Fundamental unit
A set of fundamental units is a set of units for physical quantities from which every other unit can be generated.In the language of measurement, quantities are quantifiable aspects of the world, such as time, distance, velocity, mass, momentum, energy, and weight, and units are used to describe...
which was historically defined as the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year. It is a very old unit of measurement and recently there has been some attempts of revival which have met with success; several more things are now being measured in gō like traditional Japanese fish (especially the dangerous Fugu
Fugu
is the Japanese word for pufferfish and the dish prepared from it, normally species of genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, or porcupinefish of the genus Diodon. Fugu can be lethally poisonous due to its tetrodotoxin; therefore, it must be carefully prepared to remove toxic parts and to...
) and several restaurants have re-instated it as part of a more traditional way of viewing the country's culture.
The Japanese gō is distinct from the Chinese unit gě, although both are written with the same character. The gě is also a unit of volume, but its size is a tenth of a peck, or roughly 0.881 liters.