Gō

This article deals with the measure of measure of Go. For the film of the same name see Go (2001) , for further meanings see GO .

Gō ( Japanese 合 ) is a measure of capacity in the Japanese system of measurement Shakkanhō .

• 1 Koku = 10 To = 100 Shō = 1000 Gō
• 1 Gō = 6.4827 Sun³ (Japanese cubic inch)
• 1 GO = ²⁴⁰¹ / ₁₃₃₁₀ liters ≈ 180.39 milliliters

The square wooden mug Masu , in which rice wine is still served today, holds exactly one go . Accordingly, rice wine in restaurants is ordered in multiples of Gō. Even rice is when filling in the rice cooker calculated according Gō.

literature

• Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 144 .