[KS] seok

[Dr Eckart Dege]

Dear Dr. Cwiertka.

You can find a table giving the metric, British and U.S. equivalents of 
Korean units of weight and measure (length, area, capacity and weight) 
at the end of the older issues of the Korea Statistical Yearbook (the 
newer issues don't have this table any more). In the 1991 edition of the 
Korea Statistical Yearbook you still find this table. Here 1 seok is 
given as 180.39 liter, or 1 liter as 0.0055435 seok. The larger units 
are du (= 10 seok), seung (= 100 seok) and hob (= 1000 seok).

All the best,
Eckart Dege

Cwiertka, K.J. schrieb:

>Dear Colleagues,
>I am slightly reluctant to post this message, because my question is at
>first sight not of a very scientific nature. However, the issue is of
>vital importance for my data, so I hope that you will be able to help
>me. 
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>I am trying to find out precisely how many litres is there in 1 seok
>(seom). After searching several Korean-English dictionaries, I found out
>that 1 seok is an equivalent of 47.6 US gallons. Multiplying it by 4.405
>(1 gallon = 4.405 litre) I came up with the figure 209.678. Is this
>correct? (I must admit that maths is not my strongest point...)
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>The Japanese equivalent of seok (koku) is 180 litre. Does this mean that
>the size of the unit written with the same character differed depending
>on the region where it was used?
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>It would be very convenient indeed if a list of traditional Korean
>measurements translated into contemporary units existed. DO you know
>where I can find one? If it does not exist, maybe it is a good idea to
>make one and place at one of the Korean studies websites? 
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>With best wishes for the week-end
>Katarzyna
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>Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, PhD
>Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies
>Leiden University
>P.O. Box 9515
>2300 RA Leiden
>The Netherlands
>Tel.: +31-(0)71-5272599
>Fax: +31-(0)71-5272215
>http://www.koreaans.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=13&c=42
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