Shu
Shu stands for:
- Shu (coin) , nominal designation for rectangular coins, which were minted in gold and silver in Japan until 1869.
- Shù, vertical line of the Chinese characters, see line (Chinese characters)
historical state structures in the Chinese province of Sichuan:
- Shu (state) , now also referred to as "old Shu", (Gǔ) Shǔ (9th century BC – 316 BC), state at the time of the Warring States
- Shu Han (221–263), Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms
- Former Shu kingdom , Qiánshǔ , also Great Shu, Dàshǔ (903 / 907–925), kingdom at the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Later Shu Empire , Hòushǔ (934–965), kingdom at the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Shu is the name of the following people and characters:
- Shu , Egyptian deity, see Schu
Family name:
- Shu Degan (* 1946), Chinese paleontologist
- Eddie Shu ( Edward Shulman , 1918–1986), American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist
- Frank Shu (* 1943), American astrophysicist
- Howard Shu (* 1990), American badminton player
- Shu Qi (* 1976), Taiwanese actress
- Wang Shu (* 1963), Chinese architect and university professor
- William Shu , Japanese nobleman and Gayshu
First name:
- Pu Shu (* 1973), Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
Shu or SHU is an abbreviation for:
- Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut
- SAT Airlines , Russian airline (ICAO code)
- Scoville Heat Unit , see Scoville scale
- Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey
- Seaton Hill University in Greensburg (Pennsylvania)
- Secure Housing Unit , the isolation department in many American prisons
- Selective main line circuit breaker , see Selective line circuit breaker
- Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK
- Special Handling Unit , maximum security prison in Canada
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