Fu or FU may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Fool Us ''Penn & Teller: Fool Us'' is a magic competition television show in which magicians perform tricks in front of American magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller. Its first two seasons were hosted by Jonathan Ross, and the third season onwards b ...

, Penn & Teller's magic-competition television show *Fǔ, a type of ancient Chinese vessel *

Fu (poetry) ''Fu'' (), often translated "rhapsody" or "poetic exposition", is a form of Chinese rhymed prose that was the dominant literary form during the Han dynasty (206AD220). ''Fu'' are intermediary pieces between poetry and prose in which a place, ...

(赋), a Chinese genre of rhymed prose *'' FU: Friendship Unlimited'', a 2017 Marathi film *

Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Manchu () is a supervillain who was introduced in a series of novels by the English author Sax Rohmer beginning shortly before World War I and continuing for another forty years. The character featured in cinema, television, radio, comi ...

, a fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer * Shaq Fu, video game * Francis Urquhart, the main character in the novel ''House of Cards'' by Michael Dobbs, and in the UK television series

In music

* The F.U.'s, an American band *'' F.U. Don't Take It Personal'', an album by American hip hop group Fu-Schnickens *'' F.U.E.P.'', an EP by Lily Allen * "FU" (song), a song by Miley Cyrus from her album ''Bangerz'' *''F.U. EP'', a 2002 EP by

Gob Gob or GOB may refer to: Government * Government of Bahrain * Government of Bangladesh * Government of Barbados * Government of Belarus * Government of Belize * Government of Brazil Music * Gob (band), a Canadian punk band ** Gob (Gob album) ...

*"F.U.", a song by Little Mix from their 2016 album '' Glory Days'' *"F-U", a song by Yo Gotti from his 2013 album ''

I Am I Am or I'm may refer to: Language and literature * " I Am that I Am", a common English translation of the response God used in the Hebrew Bible when Moses asked for His name ** I am (biblical term), a Christian term used in the Bible * "I Am" ( ...

'' *"F.U.", a song by Avril Lavigne from her seventh studio album '' Love Sux''

In language

Fu (character) The character ''Fú'' (, Unicode U+798F) meaning "fortune" or "good luck" is represented both as a Chinese ideograph and, at times, pictorially, in one of its homophonous forms. It is often found on a figurine of the male god of the same name, ...

(福), meaning "buddha", "prosperity", "fortune", "good luck", "blessing", or "happiness" in Chinese * Fu (kana) (ふ, フ), a symbol in Japanese syllabaries

Places

* Fu (administrative division) (府), an administrative division used in Japan, and previously in China, Korea and Vietnam * Fu, Nepal *

Fu County Fu County or Fuxian () is a county in the south of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, China. The county has an area of , and a permanent population of 150,500 as of 2012. Administrative divisions The county is divided into one subdistrict, six to ...

, in Shaanxi, China *

Fu River (disambiguation) The name Fu River may refer to several rivers in China: * Fu River (Sichuan), or Fujiang (), in Sichuan and Chongqing, a tributary of the Jialing River (Yangtze Basin) * Fu River (Jiangxi), or Fuhe (), in Jiangxi, a tributary of the Poyang Lake (Ya ...

, the name of several rivers in China (Fuhe, Fujiang, Fushui) * Fu, Sweden, a village in Swden.

Schools and universities

In the United States

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (popularly known as SEAS or Columbia Engineering; previously known as Columbia School of Mines) is the engineering and applied science school of Columbia University. It was founded as th ...

, a.k.a. the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science, New York *

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time a ...

, Fairfield, Connecticut * Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan *

Fordham University Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...

, New York *Forklift University, a

forklift A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various ...

safety training center in the United States * Franklin University, Ohio * Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois *

Friends University Friends University is a private nondenominational Christian university in Wichita, Kansas. It was founded in 1898. The main building was originally built in 1886 for Garfield University but was donated in 1898 to the Religious Society of Frien ...

, Wichita, Kansas *

Furman University Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It beca ...

, a University in Greenville, South Carolina

In other countries

* FATA University, Akhorwal, Darra Adam Khel, FR Kohat, FATA, Pakistan *

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in poli ...

, Germany * Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China *

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located ...

, Vancouver, Canada, formerly known as Fraser University (FU)

In science and technology

* Vought FU, an American 1920s fighter aircraft *

Fixture unit In plumbing, a Fixture Unit (FU) or Drain Fixture Unit (DFU) is "a unit of measure, based on the rate of discharge, time of operation and frequency of use of a fixture, that expresses the hydraulic load imposed by that fixture on the sanitary plu ...

, equal to a flow of one cubic foot of water per minute * Formula unit, in chemistry *Functional unit (

execution unit In computer engineering, an execution unit (E-unit or EU) is a part of the central processing unit (CPU) that performs the operations and calculations as instructed by the computer program. It may have its own internal control sequence unit (not ...

), part of a CPU that performs the operations and calculations

Other uses

Fu (surname) 傅 (Mandarin: ; Hokkien: Poh) is an ancient Han Chinese surname of imperial origin which is at least 4,000 years old. The great-great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Dayou, bestowed this surname to his son Fu Yi and his descendants. Dayou ...

, a common pronunciation for some Chinese surnames, such as 傅, 符, 付, 扶, 伏, and 富 * Fu (tally) (符), a Chinese tally (memory aid device) made of bamboo, wood, or metal *

Fulu (), is a term for Taoist incantations and magic symbols, written or painted as talisman or () by Taoist practitioners. These practitioners are also called () or the sect, an informal group made up of priests from different schools of Tao ...

, a Taoist paper spell * Fu, a type of prepared wheat gluten in Japanese cuisine * Fu Manchu moustache, a full mustache popularized by the fictional character *

Fu Lu Shou The Sanxing () are the gods of the three stars or constellations considered essential in Chinese astrology and mythology: Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Canopus. Fu, Lu, and Shou (), or Cai, Zi and Shou () are also the embodiments of Fortune ( Fu), pr ...

(福禄寿), the concept of Prosperity (Fu), Status (Lu), and Longevity (Shou) in Chinese culture * Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player *

Fed-Up Party Ed the Sock is a sock puppet character, created and voiced by Steven Joel Kerzner, who first appeared on Canadian local cable television in 1987. He is best known for his hosting appearances in the 1990s on MuchMusic and his own late night talk s ...

, a joke political party during the Canadian federal election of 2011 * Fuck You (disambiguation), a profane phrase *

Follow-up (disambiguation) Follow-up may refer to: * Kepler Follow-up Program, a program to follow up possible observations of planets by the Kepler spacecraft * Followup-To, a kind of internet crossposting * Follow-up, a patient's revisit in ambulatory care * Follow-up, a ...