Zu

Zu or ZU may refer to:

Fictional elements

 * Zu (mythology), an Akkadian god
 * Zu, a mountain featured in the films Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain and The Legend of Zu
 * Zu, a large birdlike monster from the Final Fantasy series

Other uses in arts and entertainment

 * Zu (band), an Italian hardcore/jazz band
 * zu and zun, types of ancient Chinese ritual bronzes

Language

 * There are two different kana (Japanese script) letters that are romanized as zu:
 * ず: Su (す) with dakuten (voicing marks)
 * づ: Tsu (つ) with dakuten; in modern standard Japanese primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word, and can never begin a word
 * Zu (cuneiform), a sign in cuneiform writing
 * Zulu language, ISO 639-2 code:zu

People and titles

 * Zu (surname) (祖), a Chinese surname
 * Zu, a nobiliary particle, in German
 * Ziv Kalontarov (born 1997), Israeli swimmer

Places

 * Zu, North Khorasan, Iran
 * Zu, Razavi Khorasan, Iran

Science and mathematics

 * Scott–Potter set theory, called ZU because it is equivalent to Zermelo set theory with urelements
 * Zu (fish), a genus of ribbonfish

Other uses

 * Ziauddin University
 * Zeppelin University
 * Helios Airways (IATA code ZU)