Zu or ZU may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional elements

* Zu, a mountain featured in the films ''Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' and ''The Legend of Zu'' * ''ZU'', a "furry fandom, furry" anthology published by MU Press * Zu, a large birdlike monster from the ''Final Fantasy'' series

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Zu (band), an Italian hardcore/jazz band * ''zu'' and ''zun'', types of ancient Chinese ritual bronzes

Language

* There are Yotsugana, two different kana (Japanese script) letters that are romanized as ''zu'': ** ず: Su (kana), Su (す) with dakuten (voicing marks) ** づ: Tsu (kana), Tsu (つ) with dakuten; in modern standard Japanese primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word, and can never begin a word * Zu (cuneiform), a sign in cuneiform writing * Zulu language, ISO 639-2 code:zu

Names

* Zu (surname) (祖), a Chinese surname * Zu, a nobiliary particle, in German * Ziv Kalontarov (born 1997), Israeli swimmer

Places

* Zu, Afghanistan, a village in Badakhshan Province * Zu, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Zu, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Science and technology

* Scott–Potter set theory, called ZU because it is equivalent to Zermelo set theory with urelements * Zu (fish), a genus of ribbonfish

Other uses

* Ziauddin University * Zeppelin University * Zu (mythology), a lesser god in Akkadian mythology * Helios Airways (IATA code ZU)