Zhou may refer to:
Chinese history
- Predynastic Zhou (周 or 先周; 11th cent. 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
- 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 or 南周; 690–705), briefly ruling the Tang dynasty 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
- Zhou (Zhang Shicheng) (大周; 1354–1367), briefly ruling the area around the Yangtze River Delta from Suzhou during the Red Turban Rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
- Zhou (Wu Sangui) (大周; 1678–1681), briefly ruling the area around Hunan from Hengzhou 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
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