WU

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Wu stands for:

  • Wu family , straight line of descent from Wu Tai Bo
  • Wu (Suzhou) former county ( 吴县 , Wú Xiàn ) in the Chinese province of Jiangsu in the area of ​​today's municipalities of Wuzhong (Suzhou) and Xiangcheng (Suzhou)
  • Wú, expression in Chinese and Japanese philosophy, see Mu (philosophy)
  • Wu Jiang , right tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou and Chongqing
  • Wu experiment to prove the parity violation
  • Magic priest of the Shang dynasty, see Wuism
  • (2705) Wu , asteroid of the main inner belt.


Wu (吳) is the name of the following historical states and a language spoken there:

  • Wu (state) at the time of the spring and autumn annals
  • Wu Dynasty (222–280), Chinese dynasty at the time of the Three Kingdoms, which emerged from the principality of the same name
  • Wu (Ten Kingdoms) (904–937), one of the Ten Kingdoms in China
  • Wu (language) , Chinese language


Wu (武, literally: military [isch] ) is the name or posthumous epithet of the following Chinese rulers:

  • Wu (Zhou King) (Zhou Wuwang,? -1043), King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty
  • Qi Wugong (? –825 BC), Duke Wu of the State of Qi
  • Lu Wugong (? –816 BC), Duke Wu of Lu State
  • Chen Wugong (? –781 BC), Duke Wu of Chen State
  • Wu of Chu (–690 BC), King Wu of Chu State
  • Jin Wugong (? –677 BC), Duke Wu of the states of Quwo and Jin
  • Qin Wugong (? –678 BC), Duke Wu of Qin State
  • Qin Wuwang (? –310 BC), King Wu of Qin State
  • Zhao Wuwang (? –299 BC), better known as King Wuling of Zhao
  • Han Wudi (156–87 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
  • Wei Wudi , Wu from Wei , posthumous name of Cao Cao (155–220)
  • Jin Wudi (236–290), Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty
  • Song Wudi (363–422), Emperor Wu of the Earlier Song Dynasty
  • Qi Wudi (440–493), Emperor Wu of the Southern Qi Dynasty
  • Chinese name of one of the early Japanese Five Kings of Wa , 5th century
  • Liang Wu Di (464–549), Emperor Wu of the (Southern) Liang Dynasty
  • Chen Wudi (503–559), Emperor Wu of the (Southern) Chen Dynasty
  • Wu (Northern Zhou) (? -578), Chinese emperor of the Northern Zhou dynasty
  • Wu Zetian (625–705), Chinese empress of the T'ang period.

Wu is the family name of the following people:


WU stands for:


WU as a distinguishing mark on license plates:


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