Zhou

Zhou may refer to:

Chinese history

• Predynastic Zhou (周 or 先周; c. 1150–c. 1046 BC), the state in modern Shaanxi which established the Zhou dynasty
• Zhou dynasty (周朝; c. 1046–256 BC), a dynasty of China controlling Shaanxi, the North China Plain, and its periphery
  • Western Zhou (西周; c. 1046–771 BC), ruling from present-day Xi'an
  • Eastern Zhou (東周; 770–256 BC), overseeing numerous petty states from present-day Luoyang
• Zhou (Duke of Zhou's state) (周邑 or 周国; c. 1046–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) (西周; 440–256 BC), one of the Warring States in modern western Henan
• Eastern Zhou (state) (東周; 367–249 BC), one of the Warring States in modern eastern Henan
• Northern Zhou (北周; 557–581), a Xianbei state ruling western China from present-day Xi'an during the Northern and Southern Dynasties
• Wu Zhou (武周; 690–705), a brief interregnum of the Tang dynasty, ruling from present-day Luoyang
• Later Zhou (後周; 951–960), briefly ruling most of northern China from Kaifeng during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Zhang Zhou (张周 or 大周; 1354–1357), a state founded by Zhang Shicheng during the Red Turban Rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
• Great Zhou (大周; 1678–1681), a state founded by Wu Sangui during the Qing dynasty

People

• King Zhou of Shang (商紂王; c. 1105–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty
• Zhou (surname) (周), a common Chinese surname, also romanized as Chou
• Chen Yao, a DOTA player who goes by the screenname Zhou

Other uses

• Chinese Zhou-class nuclear submarine, a type of nuclear-powered vessel
• Zhou (administrative division) (州), a traditional East Asian administrative division
• Congee, various rice porridges known in Chinese as zhōu (粥)

See also

• Chou (disambiguation)