Chu (Chinese surname)



Chu is the pinyin romanization of several different Chinese surnames, which including 楚 Chǔ, 儲/储 Chǔ, 褚 Chǔ, 觸/触 Chù, etc. In the Wade–Giles romanization system, Chu is also a transliteration for 朱 (Zhu in Hanyu Pinyin), also can refer to several Chinese family names. In Hong Kong, Macau, this is also the spelling for the surname 朱. In Taiwan, the last name Chu is also used to refer to 朱 (Zhu in pinyin), 曲 (Qu in pinyin), 祝 (Zhù in Pinyin), etc.

楚 Chǔ
The name is transliterated as Sở in Vietnamese. Some people think this surname originated from Viscount Xiong Yi, the founder of Chu State in Western Zhou dynasty. After Qin conquered Chu, the royal family of Chu took their countries’ name as their surname.


 * Chu Liuxiang, fictional protagonist of Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang Series
 * Chu Qing (1923–2016), politician
 * Arthur Chu, Taiwanese American columnist and former Jeopardy! contestant

儲/储 Chǔ
11th on the Hundred Family Surnames.


 * Chu Anping, scholar and liberal journalist in the 20th century
 * Chu Bo (born 1944), politician
 * Chu Feng (born 1965), computer scientist
 * Chu Feng, known as Frances Yao, mathematician and computer scientist
 * Chu Guangxi (706–760), poet
 * Chu Yun (born 1977), conceptual artist

褚 Chǔ
It is the 11th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.


 * Chu Suiliang, politician and calligrapher in Tang Dynasty
 * Chu Shijian (1928–2019), businessman
 * Chu Yupu (1887–1929) Chinese general who served under Yuan Shikai and later Zhang Zongchang