Gō (unit of measurement)

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The gō (合, gō^?) (sometimes also written go or gou) is a traditional Japanese unit of volume. One gō is equivalent to 0.18039 liters.

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 grams 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.

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 .881 liters.