Shu

Shu may refer to:

  • Shu (Egyptian deity)
  • 蜀 (Shǔ), an abbreviation of Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China, as well as the following historical regimes that have existed in this region:
    • Shu (state) (蜀国/蜀國 or 古蜀), a state during the Zhou Dynasty era (c. 1046 BCE – c. 316)
    • Shu Han (蜀汉/蜀漢), a state that existed during the Three Kingdoms Period (221–263)
    • Cheng Han (成汉/成漢), also named Later Shu (后蜀/後蜀), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–347)
    • Western Shu (西蜀), also named Qiao Shu (谯蜀/譙蜀), one of the units of the Eastern Jin period (405–413)
    • Former Shu (前蜀), one of the divisions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–925)
    • Later Shu (后蜀/後蜀), one of the divisions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (934–965)
  • the Kazakh name for the Chui River
  • Shu, Kazakhstan
  • The ancient Chinese Classic of History (Shū 書)
People
  • Shu, the guitarist in the Japanese rock band, BACK-ON
  • Frank Shu (born 1943), Chinese-American professor of astronomy
  • Dong Zhongshu, Han Dynasty Chinese scholar
Fictional characters
  • Shu, the main character in the Xbox 360 game Blue Dragon
  • Shu, a character in the Dragon Ball franchise
  • Shu (Suikoden), a character in the video game Suikoden II
  • Shu Shirakawa, a recurring character in the Super Robot Wars video game series
  • Shū, a fictional character in the Fist of the North Star manga and anime franchise
  • Shu, a fictional character in the manga series Hikaru no Go
  • Shuzo "Shu" Matsutani, a character in the anime series Now and Then, Here and There and Legendz

SHU may be an acronym for:

  • Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Scoville Heat Unit, a measurement of hotness or spiciness in food
  • Security Housing Unit, a solitary confinement space in a maximum security prison
  • Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey
  • Seton Hill University, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
  • Shanghai University (上海大学), in Shanghai, China
  • Sheffield Hallam University, a modern university in Northern England
  • Shih Hsin University (世新大學), in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Special Handling Unit, a super maximum security prison located in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec