Cuo (unit)

{{Short description|Chinese unit of volume equal to 1/100 litres}}

A '''''Cuo''''' ({{zh|c=撮 |p=cuō}}) in China or '''''sai''''' in Japan is a unit of volume measurement.<ref name=wikt>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/撮</ref> One ''cuo'' equals 1⁄1000 ''sheng''. It is 1 mL (millilitres) in China<ref name="LI2016">{{Cite book |last=Language Institute |first=Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |script-title= zh:现代汉语词典 (附錄：計量單位表) | trans-title= Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Appendix: Measure units) |publisher=Commercial Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-7-100-12450-8 |edition=7th |location=Beijing |language=zh|pages=1786-1793}}</ref> and 1.804 mL in Japan.<ref name="auto" />

The word ''cuo'' ({{zhi|撮}}) means (a) to pick up (e.g., salt) using one's fingertips, or (b) the small amount of something that can be picked up in this way.<ref name=wikt />

==China==

{|class="wikitable" |+ Volume units effective since 1930 in China<ref name="ROC1930">{{Cite web|url=http://lis.ly.gov.tw/lghtml/lawstat/version2/01926/0192618020200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425025351/http://lis.ly.gov.tw/lghtml/lawstat/version2/01926/0192618020200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-04-25 |title=The Weights and Measures Act (1929) |publisher=Legislative Yuan |language=Chinese}}</ref>{{sfn|Language Institute|2016|p=1165}} |- !Pinyin !Character !Relative value !Metric value !US value !Imperial value !Notes |- |align=center|'''''cuō''''' |align=right|{{lang|zh-hant|'''撮'''}} |align=right|{{frac|1000}} |align=left|1 mL |align=left|0.0338 fl oz |align=left|0.0352 fl oz |align=right|millilitre |- |align=center|''sháo'' |align=right|{{lang|zh-hant|勺}} |align=right|{{frac|100}} |align=left|10 mL |align=left|0.3381 fl oz |align=left|0.3520 fl oz |align=right|centilitre |- |align=center|''gě'' |align=right|{{lang|zh|合}} |align=right|{{frac|10}} |align=left|100 mL |align=left|3.381 fl oz |align=left|3.520 fl oz |align=right|decilitre |- |align=center|''shēng'' |align=right|{{lang|zh|市升}} |align=right|1 |align=left|1 L |align=left|2.113 pt |align=left|1.760 pt |align=right|litre |- |align=center|''dǒu'' |align=right|{{lang|zh|市斗}} |align=right|10 |align=left|10 L |align=left|21.13 pt<br>2.64 gal |align=left|17.60 pt<br>2.20 gal |align=right|decalitre |- |align=center|''dàn'' |align=right|{{lang|zh|市石}} |align=right|100 |align=left|100 L |align=left|26.41 gal |align=left|22.0 gal |align=right|hectolitre |}

== Japan == ===Volume=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Volume units in Japan <ref name="auto">[https://books.google.com/books?id=kt9DIY1g9HYC&dq=%22conversion+coefficients+between+these+two%22&pg=PA2270 Iwata, Shigeo. "Weights and Measures in Japan"]</ref> <ref name=UN1955>{{citation |ref={{harvid|UN|1955}} |title=World Weights and Measures: Handbook for Statisticians |url = https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001478405 |series=ST/STAT/SER. M/21, UN Publication No. 1955.XVII.2 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location = New York, NY |year = 1955 }}</ref>

!colspan="2"|Unit !rowspan="2"|Shō !colspan="2"|Metric !colspan="2"|US !colspan="3"|Imperial |- !Romanized !Kanji !Exact !Approx. !Exact !Approx. !Exact !Approx. |- style="text-align: right" | rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | '''Sai''' | rowspan=2 align="center"| {{lang|ja|'''才'''}} | rowspan=2 height="30pt"| {{frac|1000}} | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|2401|1,331,000}}{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | 1.804{{nbsp}}mL | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|37,515,625|15,900,351,812,136}}{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}yd | 29.28{{nbsp}}min | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|240,100|605,084,579}}{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | 30.47{{nbsp}}min |- style="text-align: right" | 0.1101{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}in |- style="text-align: right" | rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Shaku | rowspan=2 align="center"| {{lang|ja|勺}} | rowspan=2 height="30pt"| {{frac|100}} | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|2401|133,100}}{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | 18.04{{nbsp}}mL | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|187,578,125|7,950,175,906,068}}{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}yd | 0.6100{{nbsp}}fl{{nbsp}}oz | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|2,401,000|605,084,579}}{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | 0.6349{{nbsp}}fl{{nbsp}}oz |- style="text-align: right" | 1.101{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}in |- style="text-align: right" | rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Gō | rowspan=2 align="center"| {{lang|ja|合}} | rowspan=2 height="30pt"| {{frac|10}} | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|2401|13,310}}{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | 180.4{{nbsp}}mL | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|937,890,625|3,975,087,953,034}}{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}yd | 0.3812{{nbsp}}pt | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|24,010,000|605,084,579}}{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | 0.3174{{nbsp}}pt |- style="text-align: right" | 0.3276{{nbsp}}dry{{nbsp}}pt |- style="text-align: right" | rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Shō | rowspan=2 align="center"| {{lang|ja|升}} | rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|2401|1331}}{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | 1.804{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|4,689,453,125|1,987,543,976,517}}{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}yd | 1.906{{nbsp}}qt | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|240,100,000|605,084,579}}{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | 1.587{{nbsp}}qt |- style="text-align: right" | 1.638{{nbsp}}dry{{nbsp}}qt |- style="text-align: right" | rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | To | rowspan=2 align="center"| {{lang|ja|斗}} | rowspan=2 | 10 | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|24,010|1331}}{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | 18.04{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|46,894,531,250|1,987,543,976,517}}{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}yd | 4.765{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|2,401,000,000|605,084,579}}{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | 3.968{{nbsp}}gal |- style="text-align: right" | 2.048{{nbsp}}pk |- style="text-align: right" | rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Koku | rowspan=2 align="center"| {{lang|ja|石}} | rowspan=2 | 100 | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|240,100|1331}}{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | 180.4{{nbsp}}L | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|468,945,312,500|1,987,543,976,517}}{{nbsp}}cu{{nbsp}}yd | 47.65{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | {{sfrac|24,010,000,000|605,084,579}}{{nbsp}}gal | rowspan=2 | 39.680{{nbsp}}gal |- style="text-align: right" | 5.119{{nbsp}}bu |- |colspan="13" bgcolor=#F0F0F0|'''Notes:''' * Approximations are rounded to four significant figures. |}

For more details, please see Sheng (volume)

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