Chu

Chu or CHU may refer to:

States
  • Chu (state) (楚) (circa 1030–223 BC), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China
  • Huan Chu (桓楚) (403–404), officially Chu (楚) but now called Huan Chu to distinguish it, short-lived Chinese regime of Huan Xuan
  • Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (楚) (907 to 951), often called Ma Chu, a kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of China
Surname
  • Chu (Chinese surname), alternative spelling of the common Chinese surname Zhu (朱), but it can also refer to any Chinese surname whose pinyin is "Chu", including 楚, 储, and 褚.
  • Chu (Vietnamese surname), a Vietnamese surname
  • A Korean Surname
Places
  • Chu River, in modern Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
  • Chü Province, in Kyrgyzstan
  • Chu, Kazakhstan (more commonly spelled "Shu"), a city in Kazakhstan
  • Nam Sam River, also known as Chu River, in Vietnam
  • Chũ, a town and district capital in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam
  • Chũ River, river of Lang Son Province, Vietnam
  • Hubei and Hunan provinces of China, often referred to as Chu (after the ancient state)
Other
  • Old Church Slavonic (ISO 639 alpha-3, chu)
  • Chu (instrument), an ancient Chinese instrument made of wood like a box that is struck by a stick to mark section beginnings
  • Chu (One Piece), a fictional character in Eiichirō Oda's manga One Piece

CHU may refer to:

  • Chung Hua University, a university in Hsinchu, Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Houston County Airport (Minnesota), in Houston County, Minnesota, United States
  • CHU (radio station), a shortwave radio station in Ottawa, Canada
  • Christelijk-Historische Unie (Christian-Historical Union), an influential Protestant political party in the Netherlands
  • Churchill College, Cambridge, used in University of Cambridge internal publications
  • China Unicom, NYSE stock symbol CHU, Chinese telecommunication company
  • Containerized housing unit, a shipping container converted to living space