Tu () is a
Chinese surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...
, and the 279th family name in
Hundred Family Surnames
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(
百家姓
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 dy ...
). Tu (涂 or 凃) is another Chinese surname.
Origin
From one of the characters in the name of the ancient city of Zoutu. The legendary emperor
Yellow Emperor
The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch, or Huangdi ( zh, t=黃帝, s=黄帝, first=t) in Chinese, is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He is revered as ...
(2697–2595 BC) used this city as a military base.
People with the surname Tu
People with the surname Tu (屠)
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Tu Qihua (屠玘華; 1914–2004), birth-name of the 20th century author Mei Zhi
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Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou ( zh, c=屠呦呦, p=Tú Yōuyōu; born 30 December 1930) is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin (also known as , ) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, a brea ...
(屠呦呦; born 1930), Chinese medical scientist, winner of the 2011
Lasker Award
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and the 2015
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Tu Jida
Tu Jida (; 11 December 1927 – 16 February 2011) was a Chinese aircraft designer who led the development of five models of aircraft and was hailed as the "father of the Chengdu J-7" family of jet fighters. In the 1950s, he participated in the d ...
(屠基达; 1927–2011), aircraft designer, "father of the
Chengdu J-7
The Chengdu J-7 (wikt:歼, Chinese: 歼-7; third generation export version F-7; NATO reporting name: Fishcan) is a People's Republic of China, Chinese fighter aircraft. It is a licensed production, license-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gur ...
" fighter
People with the surname Tu (涂)
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Thor Chuan Leong
Thor Chuan Leong (; born 24 March 1988), better known on the main tour as Rory Thor, is a Malaysian professional snooker player.
Career
Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 201 ...
(涂振龙; born 1988), Malaysian professional snooker player
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Tu Mingjing
Tu Mingjing (; 15 November 1928 – 1 January 2019) was a Chinese materials scientist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Biography
Tu was born in Ba County, Sichuan (now in Chongqing), on 15 November 1928. He secondary s ...
(涂铭旌) (1928–2019), Chinese materials scientist
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Twu Shiing-jer
Twu Shiing-jer (; born 17 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist, physician, and politician. He was the minister of the Department of Health from 2002 to 2003 and later served in the Legislative Yuan from 2008 to 2012. He was the Mayor of ...
(涂醒哲),
Mayor
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of
Chiayi City
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The H ...
(2014–2018)
Other
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Li Tu
Li Tu (born 27 May 1996) is an Australian tennis player. Tu has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 164, achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 189, achieved on 27 January 2025.
Career 2011–2014: Pro debut and ...
(born 1996), Australian tennis player
See also
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Tú
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Chinese-language surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames