Zhou may refer to:
Chinese history
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King Zhou of Shang
King Zhou (; ) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang () or King Shou of Shang (), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. He is also called Zhou Xin (). In Chinese, his name Zhòu (wikt:紂, 紂) also refers to a ...
() (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty
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Predynastic Zhou (), 11th-century BC precursor to the Zhou dynasty
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Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...
() (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China
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Western Zhou () (1046 BC–771 BC)
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Eastern Zhou () (770 BC–256 BC)
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Western Zhou (state)
Western Zhou () was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period. Its capital was Wangcheng (Zhou dynasty), Henan (河南), located just west of present-day Luoyang, a prefecture-level city in Henan Province.
Duchy of Western Zhou w ...
() (440 BC–256 BC)
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Eastern Zhou (state)
Eastern Zhou () was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period. Its capital was Gong (鞏), located just southwest of present-day Gongyi, a county-level city in Zhengzhou of Henan Province.
Duke Hui of Western Zhou (西周惠公) ...
() (367 BC–249 BC)
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Northern Zhou () (557–581), one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
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Wu Zhou
Wu may refer to:
States and regions on modern China's territory
*Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE
** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital
** Wu County (), a former county i ...
() (690–705), an imperial dynasty established by Wu Zetian
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Later Zhou () (951–960), the last of the Five dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
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Zhou (Zhang Shicheng's kingdom) () (1354–1367), a state founded by Zhang Shicheng during the Red Turban Rebellion
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Zhou (Qing period state) () (1678–1681), a state founded by
Wu Sangui
Wu Sangui (; 8 June 1612 – 2 October 1678), courtesy name Changbai () or Changbo (), was a notorious Ming Dynasty military officer who played a key role in the fall of the Ming dynasty and the founding of the Qing dynasty in China. In Chinese ...
during the Qing dynasty
Other uses
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Zhou (surname)
Zhōu () is a Chinese-language surname. In places which use the Wade–Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Zhou is usually spelled as "Chou" (ㄓㄡ), and it may also be spelled as "Chiau", "Chau", " Chao", "Chew", " Chow", "Chiu", "Cho", "Chu", " ...
(), Chinese surname
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Zhou (country subdivision)
''Zhou'' () were historical administrative and political divisions of China. Formally established during the Han dynasty, ''zhou'' existed continuously in 1912—a period of over 2000 years. ''Zhou'' were also previously used in Korea (, '' ...
(), a political/administrative division of China
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Congee
Congee or conjee ( ) is a type of rice porridge or gruel eaten in Asian countries. It can be eaten plain, where it is typically served with side dishes, or it can be served with ingredients such as meat, fish, seasonings and flavourings, most o ...
(), a type of porridge
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Zhou (Dota) is a Dota/Dota2 player who won
The International 2012 as team captain.
See also
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Chou (disambiguation)
Chou may refer to:
* CHOU (AM), a multicultural radio station (1450 AM) in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada, also known as Middle East Radio
* Chou role, the clown role in Chinese opera
* Chou, a fighter hero in '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang''
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