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
  • Shu Han (蜀汉/蜀漢), a state that existed during the Three Kingdoms Period
  • Cheng Han (成汉/成漢), also named Later Shu (后蜀/後蜀), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
  • Western Shu (西蜀), also named Qiao Shu (谯蜀/譙蜀), one of the units of the Eastern Jin period
  • Former Shu (前蜀), one of the divisions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
  • Later Shu (后蜀/後蜀), one of the divisions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• 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, Chinese-American professor of Astronomy

Fictional characters

• Shu, the main character in the Xbox 360 game Blue Dragon
• Shu (Suikoden), a character in Suikoden II
• Shu Shirakawa, a recurring character in the Super Robot Wars series.
• Shū, a fictional character in Fist of the North Star
• Shu, a fictional character in Hikaru no Go
• Shuzo "Shu" Matsutani, a character in 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