Shu () is a Chinese surname. It is 43rd in the

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dyn ...

, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 ( Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu).

Šumuru Šumuru ( Manchu: ; ) was one of the eight great clans of Manchu nobility. After the demise of the dynasty, some of its descendants sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames '' Shu'' (舒), '' Xu'' (徐) or '' Xiao'' (蕭). Notable fig ...

sinicized their clan name to the

Chinese surnames Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the W ...

''Shu'' (舒), '' Xu'' (徐) or '' Xiao'' (蕭) after the demise of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

. According to the a 2013 study, it is the 143rd most common surname, being shared by 1.09 million people, or 0.082% of the population, with

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

being the province with the most people sharing the name.中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 In ancient usage, the characters of ''

meng Meng may refer to: * Meng (surname) (孟), a Chinese surname * Master of Engineering (MEng or M.Eng.), an academic or professional master's degree in the field of engineering * , "M with hook", letter used in the International Phonetic Alphabet * ...

'' () (''bo'' bearing the same notion), ''zhong'' (), ''shu'' () and '' ji'' () were used to denote the first, second, third and fourth (or last) eldest sons in a family. The Vietnamese version of the name is Thư, but it is extremely rare. "Shu" can also be a romanization for Xú (徐) or Xǔ (许).

Notable people

* Consort Shu (1728 – 1777), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Yehe Nara clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor * Quan-Sheng Shu (simplified Chinese: 舒全胜) an American physicist and a naturalized American citizen who was convicted of intellectual property crimes and bribery * Shu Hongbing (Chinese: 舒红兵; born 1967) is a Chinese cytologist and immunologist *

Shu Chang (actress) Shu Chang (, born 1 December 1987) is a Chinese actress, singer, and television host. In the early 2000s, Shu gained considerable fame for her roles as Consort Donggo in '' Xiaozhuang Mishi'' (2003); Jin Meili in '' The Story of a Noble Family'' ...

(Chinese: 舒畅, born 1987) is a Chinese actress, singer, and television host * Shu Chang (footballer) (舒畅; born 1977) is a former Chinese football defender who played his entire career with Shandong Luneng

Stagenames

* Lin Li-hui (Chinese: 林立慧; pinyin: Lín Lìhuì, born 16 April 1976), better known by her stage name

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(Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: Shū Qí), is a Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and model

References

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