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 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 figur ...

sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames ''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 '' () (''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 Quan-Sheng Shu () is an American physicist and a naturalized American citizen. Born in China, he has a Ph.D in physics and is also the President of AMAC International, a high-tech company with offices in his hometown of Newport News, Virginia and ...

(simplified Chinese: 舒全胜) an American physicist and a naturalized American citizen who was convicted of intellectual property crimes and bribery *

Shu Hongbing Shu Hongbing (; born January 1967) is a Chinese cytologist and immunologist. He became a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and TWAS in 2012. Shu is mainly known for his work on cell signal transduction related to immunity. Life ...

(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'' (2 ...

(Chinese: 舒畅, born 1987) is a Chinese actress, singer, and television host *

Shu Chang (footballer) Shu Chang (; born February 24, 1977) is a former Chinese football defender who played his entire career with Shandong Luneng. He was the captain of the club, which he has led to two China Super League titles in 2006 and 2008. Club career Shu s ...

(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

Shu Qi use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinate ...

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

References

{{surnames Individual Chinese surnames