Zhù () is a Chinese surname. (Chuk or Chok in Cantonese), meaning ‘wizard’, ‘prayers’, or ‘to pray’ in ancient Chinese. The origin of the name is either from Zhu (祝), an official post in ancient China in charge of chanting prayers during religious worship, or (ii) from Zhu (祝), the name of a fief located in modern-day Shandong province during the reign of

King Wu of Zhou King Wu of Zhou (; died ), personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The chronology of his reign is disputed but is generally thought to have begun around 1046 BCE and ended with his death three years later. Ki ...

. According to a 2013 study, it was the 138th-most common surname in China, shared by 1,20,000 people or 0.090% of the population, with the province with the most being Zhejiang.

Yuan Yida Yuan Yida () is a researcher from the Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a leading researcherPeople's Daily OnlineChina has 4100 meaningful surnames January 13, 2006. on Chinese surnames in ma ...

(袁义达),

Qiu Jiaru Qiu may refer to: *Qiū (surname), Chinese surnames written 丘, 邱, or 秋 * Qiú (surname), Chinese surnames written 仇 or 裘 * Qiu County, in Hebei, China *Kǒng Qiū (), better known as Confucius Confucius (; pinyin: ; ; ), born Kong ...

, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013

Notable people

Zhu Xudan Zhu Xudan (; born 15 April 1992), also known as Bambi Zhu, is a Chinese people, Chinese actress. She is best known for her supporting role in ''Eternal Love (TV series), Eternal Love'' (2017) and her lead role as Zhou Zhiruo in ''Heavenly Sword a ...

(Chinese: 祝绪丹; born 15 April 1992), also known as Bambi Zhu, is a Chinese actress. She is known for her supporting role in Eternal Love and * Jacky Chu (祝钒刚) is a Taiwanese actor and is a former member of Taiwanese group 183 * Zhu Zuoli (祝作利; pinyin: Zhù Zuólì; born January 1955) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Shaanxi Province. Zhu was * Zhu Yifan (祝一帆; pinyin: Zhù Yīfān; born March 1, 1988, in Beijing) is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Nantong *

Lei Zhu Lei Zhu ( zh, c=祝雷; born c. 1963) is an engineer and distinguished professor at the University of Macau. Zhu obtained his B.Eng. degree from the Nanjing Institute of Technology in 1985 and his Master's Southeast University in 1988, before e ...

(祝雷; born c. 1964) is an engineer and distinguished professor at the University of Macau. Zhu obtained his B.Eng. degree from the Nanjing *

Zhu Xuejun Zhu Xuejun (; born December 1962) is a Chinese missile scientist. She is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Education Zhu was born in Shenyang, Liaoning in December 1962. She graduated from No.1 Research Institute of the Ministry of Space ...

(祝学军; born December 1962) is a Chinese female scientist. She is a member of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

. Zhu was born in Shenyang. *

Zhu Xijuan Zhu Xijuan is a Chinese film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern ...

(祝希娟) is a mainland Chinese film actress. *

Zhu Yunming Zhu Yunming (; 1461 – 28 January 1527) was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, writer, and scholar-official of the Ming dynasty, known as one of the " Four Talents of Wu" (Suzhou). Most admired for his accomplishment in calligraphy, he is also a po ...

(祝允明; 1461–1527) was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, writer, and scholar-official of the Ming dynasty, known as one of the "Four Talents of Wu" *

Zhu Junyi Zhu Junyi (; born February 1951 in Haining, Zhejiang) was a government official in Shanghai, China. Prior to his arrest during an investigation into political corruption, corruption in Shanghai in 2006, he had been in charge of the Shanghai Munici ...

(祝均一; born February 1951 in Haining, Zhejiang) was a government official in Shanghai, China. Prior to his arrest during an investigation. *

Zhu Qinming Zhu Qinming (), courtesy name Wensi (文思), was an official of the Tang and Wu Zhou dynasties of China, serving as a chancellor under Emperor Zhongzong. He was a renowned Confucian scholar but was later disgraced after Emperor Zhongzong's death ...

(祝欽明), courtesy name Wensi (文思), was an official of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

and Wu Zetian's

Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...

, serving as a chancellor *

Zhu Xingyuan Zhu Xinyuan (; born 1880) was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1937–1940), Provisional Government of ...

(祝惺元; born 1880) was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China. * Zhu Linfang (祝林芳 born 1982 in Henan, China), is a Taekwondo practitioner.

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