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
 * 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)