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) (周国; c. 1046–after 580 BC), located in Zhoucheng (周城, present Fengxiang District), the fief granted to Duke of Zhou's younger son Duke Ping of Zhou (周平公) and his descendants, lasting at least until 580 BC under Chu, Duke of Zhou (周公楚).
• 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

• Zhou (country subdivision) (州), a traditional East Asian administrative division
• Congee, various rice porridges known in Chinese as zhōu (粥)

See also

• Chou (disambiguation)