Dou (Chinese: 斗; pinyin: dǒu), called to in Japan, du in Korea, and đấu in Vietnam and sometimes translated as a scoop or ladle, is a traditional unit of volume in East Asia. It originated in China and later spread to other places. One dou equals 10 sheng or 1/10 dan, now officially 10 liters in China, 18.039 liters in Japan and 18 liters in Korea.
Dou is one of the traditional Chinese units of measurement used to measure cereal grains, among other things.
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Korea
For more details, please see Sheng (volume)
Words
斗室 (dǒu shì)
車載斗量 (chē zài dǒu liàng)
不為五斗米折腰 (bù wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhéyāo)