Zhou

Zhou may refer to:

Chinese history

• Predynastic Zhou ( or ; –), the state in modern Shaanxi which established the Zhou dynasty
• Zhou dynasty (; –256 BC), a dynasty of China controlling Shaanxi, the North China Plain, and its periphery
• Western Zhou (; –771 BC), ruling from present-day Xi'an
• Eastern Zhou (; 770–256 BC), overseeing numerous petty states from present-day Luoyang
• ( or ; –after 580 BC), located in Zhoucheng (present-day Fengxiang District), the fief granted to Duke of Zhou's younger son Duke Ping of Zhou and his descendants, lasting at least until 580 BC under Chu
• Western Zhou (state) (; 440–256 BC), one of the Warring States in modern western Henan
• Eastern Zhou (state) (; 367–249 BC), one of the Warring States in modern eastern Henan
• Northern Zhou (; 557–581), a Xianbei state ruling western China from present-day Xi'an during the Northern and Southern Dynasties
• Wu Zhou (; 690–705), a brief interregnum of the Tang dynasty, ruling from present-day Luoyang
• Later Zhou (; 951–960), briefly ruling most of northern China from Kaifeng during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Zhou (Zhang Shicheng) (; 1354–1357), a state founded by Zhang Shicheng during the Red Turban Rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
• Great Zhou (; 1678–1681), a state founded by Wu Sangui during the Qing dynasty

People

• King Zhou of Shang (; –1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty
• Zhou (surname) (), a common Chinese surname, also romanized as Chou
• Chen Yao, a DOTA player who goes by the screenname Zhou
• Zhou Guanyu, an ex-Formula One Driver.

Other uses

• Chinese Zhou-class nuclear submarine, a type of nuclear-powered vessel
• Zhou (administrative division) (), a traditional East Asian administrative division
• Congee, various rice porridges known in Chinese as zhōu ()
• Beta Serpentis, a binary star system with the primary component now given the proper name Zhou

See also

• Chou (disambiguation)