Chu

Chu or CHU may refer to:

Chinese history

• Chu (state) (楚) (c. 1030 BC – 223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
• Chu (楚) (403–404), a state founded by Huan Xuan during the Jin dynasty
• Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (楚) (907–951), a kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Da Chu (楚) (1127), a puppet state installed by the Jurchen Jin dynasty during the Jin–Song wars

Surnames

• 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)

Music

• Chu (song), a song by Korean girl group f(x)
• Mr. Chu, a song by Korean girl group Apink

Other uses

• Old Church Slavonic (ISO 639 alpha-3, chu)
• Chu (percussion 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 is an onomatopoeia in Japanese for kiss or the sound of kissing.

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
• Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaoundé, University Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon
• CHU (radio station), a shortwave radio station in Ottawa, Canada
• Christelijk-Historische Unie (Christian-Historical Union), a former 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