Chu

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Chu or CHU may refer to:

Chinese history

Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC – 223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
Western Chu (206 BC – 202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu after the collapse of Qin dynasty
Chu (403–404), a state founded by Huan Xuan during the Jin dynasty
Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (907–951), a kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Da Chu (1127), a puppet state installed by the Jurchen Jin dynasty during the Jin–Song wars

Chu (Chinese surname), pinyin spelling of various surnames (including 楚, 储, and 褚),
Zhu (surname) (朱), spelled in Wade-Giles as Chu
Chu (Vietnamese surname), a Vietnamese surname
Chu (Korean name), Korean surname and element in given names
Joo (Korean name), spelled in McCune–Reischauer romanisation as Chu

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)
Chu River (Tributary of Wei River) (楚江河), river of Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, China.
Chu River (Anhui) (滁河), river located in both Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, in China.

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

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