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上十 (shàng shí) — (measure) unit of land area, 1.5 mu (approx. 0.1 hectares), used in ancient China

Definition

shǎng is an ancient Chinese unit of land area, equal to about 1.5 亩 (roughly 0.1 hectare). It only appears in historical or literary contexts, not in modern speech.

numeral
(measure) unit of land area1.5 mu (approx. 0.1 hectares)used in ancient China

Examples

  • 上十。
    Tā jiā yǒu tián yí shàng shí.
    His family has one shang of fields.
  • 上十？
    Gǔ dài yí shàng shí dì néng chǎn duō shǎo liáng shi?
    How much grain could land of one shang yield in ancient times?
  • 上十。
    Zhè kuài dì dà yuē yǒu shí shàng shí.
    This piece of land is about ten shang.

Origin

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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