DOU or Dou may refer to: *

Dou (surname) Dou is the Standard Chinese, Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in traditional Chinese and in simplified Chinese. It is romanized Tou in Wade–Giles. Dou is listed 39th in the Song dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ...

(窦/竇), a Chinese surname **

Empress Dou (disambiguation) Empress Dou may refer to 3 Han dynasty empresses, who all reigned as empresses dowager: *Empress Dou (Wen) (died 135 BC), wife of Emperor Wen of Han and mother of Emperor Jing of Han *Empress Zhangde (died 97), wife of Emperor of Zhang of Han *Empr ...

, Chinese empresses surnamed Dou *

Degree of unsaturation In the analysis of the molecular formula of organic molecules, the degree of unsaturation (DU) (also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency (IHD), double bond equivalents (DBE), or unsaturation index) is a calculation that determines the total ...

, in chemistry *

Dō (armour) is one of the major components of Japanese armour worn by the samurai and ashigaru or foot soldiers of feudal Japan. History The predecessor of the dō was manufactured in Japan as early as the fourth century. ''Tankō'', worn by foot soldie ...

(胴), a Japanese armour *

Dhammakaya Open University Wat Phra Dhammakaya (, , ) is a Buddhist temple (''wat'') in Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand. It was founded in 1970 by the ''maechi'' (nun) Chandra Khonnokyoong and Luang Por Dhammajayo. It is the ...

, near Bangkok, Thailand *

Diário Oficial da União The ''Diário Oficial da União'' (literally ''Official Diary of the Union''), abbreviated DOU, is the government gazette, official gazette of the Federal Government of Brazil, Federal Government of Brazil. It is published since 1 October 1862 a ...

, the official journal of the federal government of Brazil *

Gerrit Dou Gerrit Dou (; 7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for h ...

(1613–1675), Dutch Golden Age painter *

Dou (volume) Dou (), called to in Japan and du in Korea, is a unit of volume in East Asia. It originated in China and later spread to Japan, Korean and other places. One ''dou'' equals 10 ''sheng (volume), sheng'' or 1/10 ''dan'', is 10 liters in China, 18.039 ...

, a traditional Chinese unit of measurement, equivalent to a decaliter

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