Chu

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An ancient Chinese viscounty and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty (circa 1030–223 ) along the Yangtze River.
• The realm of this state, as a region or fief in later imperial China.
• Huan Chu, the short-lived kingdom of Huan Xuan (403–404 ).
• Ma Chu, a kingdom (907–951 ) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

Related

Similar words

• Huan Chu (5th century state)
• Ma Chu (10th century state)

Origin

• Typically, the Wade-Giles romanization of the common Mandarin Chinese surname 朱.
• Also derived from numerous pinyin romanizations of Mandarin Chinese surnames including 楚, 储, and 褚.
• From Mandarin Chinese 楚