Zu or ZU may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and mythology

Fictional elements

Zu (mythology) Zu or ZU may refer to: Arts, entertainment and mythology Fictional elements * Zu (mythology), an Akkadian god * Zu, a mountain featured in the films ''Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' and ''The Legend of Zu'' * Zu, a large birdlike monster fr ...

, an Akkadian god * Zu, a mountain featured in the films ''

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain ''Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' ( zh, t=新蜀山劍俠) is a 1983 Hong Kong supernatural ''wuxia'' fantasy film directed by Tsui Hark and based on the xianxia novel '' Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu'' by Huanzhulouzh ...

'' and ''

The Legend of Zu ''The Legend of Zu'', also known as ''Zu Warriors'', ( zh, t=蜀山傳) is a 2001 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' fantasy film directed and produced by Tsui Hark. The film starred Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, Patrick Tam, Kelly Lin, Wu Jing, w ...

'' * Zu, a large birdlike monster from the ''

Final Fantasy is a Japanese fantasy Anthology series, anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi which is owned, developed, and published by Square Enix (formerly Square (video game company), Square). The franchise centers on a series of fanta ...

'' series

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Zu (band) Zu is an Italian instrumental band from Rome. While their line-up of baritone sax, bass guitar and drums is typical of a jazz band, their hard-driving sound is indebted to punk rock and according to AllMusic "defies easy categorization". Zu hav ...

, an Italian hardcore/jazz band * ''zu'' and ''

zun The ''zun'' or ''yi'', used until the Song dynasty#Northern Song, 960–1127, Northern Song (960–1126) is a type of Chinese ritual bronzes, Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in t ...

'', types of ancient

Chinese ritual bronzes From , elaborately decorated bronze vessels were deposited as grave goods in the tombs of royalty and nobility during the Chinese Bronze Age. Documented excavations have found over 200 pieces in a single royal tomb. They were produced for an ind ...

Cuisine

Zu (beverage) ''Zu'' is an alcohol beverage produced as a rice beer originating from Mizoram. Zu has been known as the favoured drink among the Mizos from the chiefdom era to the modern day. Production ''Zu'' would typically be prepared by elderly women ...

, an alcoholic rice drink from Mizoram.

Language

* There are two different kana (Japanese script) letters that are romanized as ''zu'': ** ず: Su (す) with dakuten (voicing marks) ** づ: 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) Cuneiform zu, (also sú, ṣú, and Sumerogram ZU (capital letter majuscule)), is an uncommon-use sign in the 1350s BC Amarna letters, the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', and other cuneiform texts. Alphabetically, it could conceivably be used for le ...

, a sign in cuneiform writing *

Zulu language Zulu ( ), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu languages, Southern Bantu language of the Nguni languages, Nguni branch spoken in, and indigenous to, Southern Africa. Nguni dialects are regional or social varieties of the Nguni language, ...

, ISO 639-2 code:zu

People and titles

Zu (surname) Zu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Tsu in Wade–Giles. It is listed 249th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the 300 most common ...

(祖), a Chinese surname * Zu, a

nobiliary particle A nobiliary particle is a type of onomastic particle used in a surname or family name in many Western cultures to signal the nobility of a family. The particle used varies depending on the country, language and period of time. In some languages, it ...

, in German *

Ziv Kalontarov Ziv Kalontarov (also "Kalontorov", "Kaluntarov", and "Kalntrov"; ; born 15 January 1997) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer and the reigning European Games champion in the 50 m freestyle. In April 2015, Kalontarov won the International School Sport ...

(born 1997), Israeli swimmer

Places

Zu, North Khorasan Zu (, also Romanized as Zū and Zow) is a village in Qushkhaneh-ye Bala Rural District, Qushkhaneh District, Shirvan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, ...

, Iran *

Zu, Razavi Khorasan Zu Salehabad (, also Romanized as Zū Şāleḩābād; also known as Zū, Zū Kalāt, and Şāleḩābād) is a village in Kakhk Rural District, Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Isla ...

, Iran

Science and mathematics

Scott–Potter set theory An approach to the foundations of mathematics that is of relatively recent origin, Scott–Potter set theory is a collection of nested axiomatic set theories set out by the philosopher Michael Potter, building on earlier work by the mathematician D ...

, called ZU because it is equivalent to Zermelo set theory with urelements *

Zu (fish) ''Zu'' is a small genus of ribbonfishes with currently two recognized species: * '' Zu cristatus'' ( Bonelli, 1819) (scalloped ribbonfish) * '' Zu elongatus'' Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984 (taper-tail ribbonfish) The scalloped ribbonfish is fou ...

, a genus of ribbonfish

Other uses

Ziauddin University The Ziauddin University (ZU) () is a private university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Zeppelin University Zeppelin University (German: ''Zeppelin Universität'', ZU) is a private research university in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The university is accredited by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg. The university was es ...

Helios Airways Helios Airways was a low-cost Cyprus, Cypriot airline operating Scheduled air transport, scheduled and charter airline, charter flights between Cyprus and many European and African destinations. It had its corporate headquarters on the grounds of ...

(IATA code ZU)