Wu

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Wu may refer to:

Places:

Wu (region) (吳), a region in China, associated with:
- Wu Chinese, a variety of spoken Chinese spoken in the Wu region
- Wu (state), a state in the Wu region during the Spring and Autumn Period
- Wu (city), its eponymous capital at modern Suzhou
- Eastern Wu, also called Kingdom of Wu or Sun Wu, a state in southeastern China during the Three Kingdoms Period
- Li Zitong, who declared a brief Wu Dynasty during the Sui–Tang interregnum
- Wu (Ten Kingdoms), one of the kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
- Wuyue, one of the kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

People

Wu (surname) (or Woo), several different Chinese surnames
- John Ching Hsiung Wu (1899–1986), jurist and principal author of the constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Wu Zixu, famous general in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history
- Ta-You Wu (1907–2000), Chinese-born physicist
- Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997), Chinese-born physicist
- David Wu (1955–), a United States Congressman from Oregon
- Harry Wu (1937–), a human rights activist
- Jason Wu, Taiwanese Canadian fashion designer
- Tim Wu, a legal academic
- Wu Wenjun (1919–), mathematician
- Yi Wu (1912–1945), a member of Korea's imperial family
- Wu Yi, Vice Premier of China
- Kevin Wu, better known as KevJumba, YouTube celebrity
- Wu, nickname of the singer of alternative rock band This Et Al
- Wu Qingyuan, better known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Go Seigen, leading player of Go (game)
- Chun Wu, past member of Fahrenheit 飛輪海 Fei Lun Hai (Taiwanese Band), actor and Own 3 Fitness Zone in Brunei
- Wu Daozi, a Chinese artist of the Tang Dynasty
A number of Chinese emperors
- Emperor Wu of Han, one of the most influential and important emperors of the Han dynasty
- Emperor Wu of Jin
- Emperor Wu of Liang
- Empress Wu (Wu Zetian) of the Zhou Dynasty
- Cao Cao, also known as Emperor Wu of Wei
Fictional people
- "Doctor Wu", a song on the 1975 album Katy Lied by the band Steely Dan
- Mr. Wu, a 1913 play by Maurice Vernon and Harold Owen
- Mr. Wu (1919 film), a 1919 British drama film based on the 1913 play
- Mr. Wu, a 1927 American silent movie starring Lon Chaney
- Mr. Wu, a character referred to in several songs of the 1930s and 1940s by George Formby
- Mr. Wu, a character from the TV series Deadwood
- Sensei Wu, a character in the animated TV series Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- Sgt. Wu, a character from the TV series Grimm

Wu may also refer to:

Wu (Chinese religion), a concept of awareness, consciousness or enlightenment in the Chinese folk religion
Wú (negative), Zhaozhou's response to the question: "Does a dog have the Buddha-nature?"
Wu (shaman), a kind of Chinese shaman
Wu-style taijiquan, also Wu/Hao style Taijiquan
The Wu-Tang Clan, an American rap group with themes based on Chinese folk lore and martial arts movies
Shen Gong Wu, fictional mystical artifacts from the animated series Xiaolin Showdown
Wu wei, a principle of Taoism
Wii U, Nintendo's video game console

Wu

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