Shu may refer to:
China
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Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
, China, officially abbreviated as Shu (蜀)
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Shu (state)
Shu () was an ancient state in what is now Sichuan Province. It was based on the Chengdu Plain, in the western Sichuan basin with some extension northeast to the upper Han River valley. To the east was the Ba tribal confederation. Further eas ...
(conquered by Qin in 316 BC), an ancient state in modern Sichuan
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Shu Han (221–263) during the Three Kingdoms Period
* Western Shu (405–413), also known as Qiao Shu, a state founded by
Qiao Zong during the Eastern Jin Dynasty
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Former Shu
Great Shu (Chinese: 大蜀, Pinyin: Dàshǔ) called in retrospect Former Shu (Chinese: 前蜀, Pinyin: Qiánshǔ) or occasionally Wang Shu (王蜀), was one of the Ten Kingdoms formed during the chaotic period between the rules of the Tang dynas ...
(907–925) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
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Later Shu
Shu (referred to as Later Shu () to differentiate it from Former Shu, other states named Shu in Chinese history), also known as Meng Shu (), was one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China. It was located ...
(934–965) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
* The ''
Book of Documents'' (''Shū'' 書)
People
* Shu, the guitarist in the Japanese rock band,
BACK-ON
Back-On (stylized as BACK-ON) is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, Japan. They are recognized for creating anime and game opening themes such as the '' Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2'' opening theme, "fly away"; ''Air Gear'' opening theme ...
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Shu (surname) Shu () is a Chinese surname. It is 43rd in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 ( Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu). Šumuru sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames ''Shu'' (舒), '' Xu'' (徐) or '' Xiao'' (蕭) after the ...
, Chinese surname 舒
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Frank Shu
Frank Hsia-San Shu (; born June 2, 1943), is a Chinese-American astrophysicist, astronomer and author. He is currently a University Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Diego. He is be ...
(born 1943), Chinese-American professor of astronomy
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Quan-Sheng Shu, American physicist
*, Japanese footballer
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Will Shu
William Shu ( zh, t=許子祥, poj=Khó͘ Chú-siông, born December 1979) is a UK-based American businessman, the co-founder and CEO of Deliveroo, an online food delivery company with operations spread across more than 200 cities in 11 countri ...
(born 1979), American businessman, the co-founder and CEO of
Deliveroo
Deliveroo is a British online food delivery company founded by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski in 2013 in London, England. It operates in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait ...
Fictional characters
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Shu, in the Xbox 360 game ''Blue Dragon''
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Shu, in the ''
Dragon Ball'' franchise
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Shu (''Suikoden''), in the video game ''Suikoden II''
* Shu Shirakawa, in the ''
Super Robot Wars
''Super Robot Wars'', known in Japan as is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Banpresto. Starting out as a spinoff of the '' Compati Hero'' series, the main feature of the franchise ...
'' video game series
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Shū, in the ''Fist of the North Star'' manga and anime franchise
* Shu, in the manga series ''
Hikaru no Go
is a Japanese manga series based on the board game Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Week ...
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* Shu Kurenai, in the manga and toyline ''
Beyblade Burst
is a Japanese manga and toyline created by Hiro Morita, originally based on Takara Tomy's ''Beyblade'' franchise. The third incarnation of the franchise after the '' Metal Fight'' series, the ''Beyblade Burst'' toyline launched on ...
''
* Shuzo "Shu" Matsutani, in the anime series ''
Now and Then, Here and There
is a Japanese anime television series conceived and directed by Akitaro Daichi, with a screenplay by Hideyuki Kurata. It premiered in Japan on the WOWOW television station on October 14, 1999 and ran until January 20, 2000. It was licensed ...
'' and ''
Legendz
is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Bandai and WiZ in 2003. The franchise began with a manga created by Rin Hirai and illustrated by Makoto Haruno, first serialized in Shueisha's '' Monthly Shōnen Jump'' in Japan. The manga was p ...
''
* Shu Ouma, in the anime and manga series ''
Guilty Crown
is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability ...
''
* Shū or
Drew (Pokémon), in the ''Pokémon'' series
* Shu Murakami, in the 2017 film ''
Life
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as Cell signaling, signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for Cell growth, growth, reaction to Stimu ...
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* Shū Tsukiyama, in the series
Tokyo Ghoul
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Jump'' between September 2011 and September 2014, and was collected in fou ...
* Shu Todoroki, in the film
Cars 2
* Shu Sakamaki (逆巻 シュウ), in the visual novel and anime ''
Diabolik Lovers
is a Japanese visual novel franchise by Rejet. Its first entry was released on October 11, 2012 for the PlayStation Portable system. Thus far, the franchise has released seven games with the first two having been remastered for the Pla ...
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* Shu Amiguchi, in the video game ''
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim''
* Shu Itsuki (斎宮 宗), in the game ''Ensemble Stars!!''
Acronyms
SHU may be an acronym for:
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Finnish Elite Athletes' Union, a trade union in Finland
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Scoville Heat Unit
The Scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers, as recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU), based on the concentration of Capsaicin#Capsaicinoids, capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominan ...
, a measurement of ''hotness'' or spiciness in food
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Security Housing Unit, a solitary confinement space in a maximum security prison
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Special Handling Unit, a super maximum security prison located in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec
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Scottish Hockey Union
The Scottish Hockey Union, commonly referred to simply as Scottish Hockey or the SHU, is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in Scotland. It is the SHU's responsibility to help provide for the development, promotion and manage ...
, governs field hockey in Scotland
Universities
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Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University (SHU) is a private, Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sacred Heart was the first Catholic uni ...
, Fairfield, Connecticut, US
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Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the ...
, South Orange, New Jersey, US
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Seton Hill University
Seton Hill University is a private Catholic university in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Formerly a women's college, it became a coeducational university in 2002 and enrolls about 2,200 students.
History
The school was founded in 1885 by the Sist ...
, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, US
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Shanghai University
Shanghai University, commonly referred to as SHU, or colloquially Shangda (), is a Public university, public research university located in Shanghai. The 555-acre main Baoshan District, Shanghai, Baoshan campus is situated in the north of Shang ...
, China
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Sheffield Hallam University, England
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Shih Hsin University
Shih Hsin University (SHU; ) is a private university known for its mass communication departments in Taiwan, founded in Muzha, Taipei in 1956. SHU ranked 22nd overall among top 30 liberal arts Universities in Taiwan in 2020 and secured the top ...
, Taipei, Taiwan
Other uses
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Shu (Egyptian god)
Shu ( Egyptian ''šw'', "emptiness" or "he who rises up", cop, Ϣⲟⲩ) was one of the primordial Egyptian gods, spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony. He was the god of ...
* Shu, the Kazakh name for the
Chu (river)
The Chu (Shu or Chüy) ( kk, Шу, Shu, شۋ; ky, Чүй, Chüy, چۉي; dng, Чў, Chwu (from , ''Chǔ''); russian: Чу, Chu) is a river in Northern Kyrgyzstan and Southern Kazakhstan. Of its total length of ,[Shu, Kazakhstan (disambiguation) Shu, Kazakhstan may refer to:
* Shu, in the Sozak District in South Kazakhstan Province
* Town of Shu, in Kazakhstan's Akmola Oblast
* Shu, Jambyl, frequently referred to as "Shu Station"
* Shu or Chu River
The Chu (Shu or Chüy) ( kk, Шу, ...]
* Shu (朱), a unit of Japanese
Tokugawa coinage
Tokugawa coinage was a unitary and independent metallic monetary system established by ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601 in Japan, and which lasted throughout the Tokugawa period until its end in 1867.
History
The establishment of Tokugawa co ...
used in the
Nishuban and Isshuban
See also
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Shoo (disambiguation)
{{Disambiguation, geo, given name, surname
Japanese masculine given names