Chu (Chinese Surname)
Chu is the pinyin romanization of several different Chinese family names, which including wikt:楚, 楚 ''Chǔ'', wikt:儲, 儲/wikt:储, 储 ''Chǔ'', wikt:褚, 褚 ''Chǔ'', wikt:觸, 觸/wikt:触, 触 ''Chù'', etc. In the Wade-Giles romanization system, Chu is also a transliteration for 朱 (Zhu (surname), Zhu in Hanyu Pinyin), also can refer to several Chinese family names. In Hong Kong, Macao, this is also the spelling for the surname wikt:朱, 朱. In Taiwan, the last name Chu is also used to refer to 朱(Zhu in pinyin), Qu (surname 曲), 曲(Qu in pinyin), 祝(Zhù in Pinyin), etc. Notable people named Chu 楚 Chǔ The name is transliterated as Sở (surname), Sở in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. Some people think this surname originated from Viscount Xiong Yi, the founder of Chu State in Western Zhou Dynasty. After Qin (state), Qin conquered Chu, the royal family of Chu took their countries’ name as their surname. *Chu Liuxiang, fictional protagonist of Gu Long's ' ...
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Chu (Chinese Characters)
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 * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Han 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 People Surnames * Chu (Chinese surname) * Zhu (surname) or Chu * Chu (Korean name) * Joo (Korean name) or Chu Places * Hubei or Chu, a province of China * Hunan or Chu, a province of China * Chũ, a town and district capital in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam Rivers * Chu River (Tributary of Wei River), a river of Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, China * Chu River (Anhui), a river in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, in China * Chu (river), a river in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan * ...
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