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Zhu or ZHU may refer to:
- Zhu (surname), common Chinese surnames
:* Zhu Yuanzhang, first emperor of the Ming Dynasty
- Zhu River, or Pearl River, in southern China
- Zhu (state), ancient Chinese state, later renamed Zou.
- Zhu (string instrument), ancient Chinese string instrument
- Zhu (percussion instrument), ancient Chinese percussion instrument
- Zhu (musician), an electronic music artist
- Zhuhai Jinwan Airport - ZHU is the 3 letter IATA code for the airport
- Zhu languages
- Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center, known as ZHU
The zhu (筑; pinyin: zhù) was an ancient Chinese string instrument. Although it is no longer used, three very old specimens in varying degrees of preservation survive. One with five strings, dating to approximately 433 BC, was discovered in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, in the Hubei province of central China.
It first became popular during the Warring States period, when its most famous player was Gao Jianli, a citizen of the state of Yan who attracted the attention and played for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.
The instrument remained popular through the Sui and Tang dynasties, and was lost during the Song Dynasty.
Little is known about the instrument but it is believed to have been a zither with a rectangular wooden body, with silk or gut strings that were played with a slender stick. Although ancient sources state that the instrument was struck (implying that the stick was bounced on the string in the manner of a hammered dulcimer in order to elicit sound), it is possible that it was actually plucked with the stick in the manner of the Korean komungo.
Zhu is the pinyin romanization of four Chinese surnames: 朱, 祝, 竺, and 諸. It is spelled Chu in the Wade-Giles romanization system mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The most common of the four, 朱, was the surname of the Ming Dynasty emperors. Today it is the 13th most common surname in the People's Republic of China, with a population of over fifteen million.
The Zhu ( Chinese: 柷; pinyin: zhù) was a percussion instrument used in the Confucian court ritual music of ancient China. It consisted of a wooden box (which was often painted red or otherwise decorated) that tapered from the top to the bottom, and was played by grasping a vertical wooden stick and striking it on the bottom face. The instrument was used to mark the beginning of music in the ancient ritual music of China, called yayue. The instrument is rarely used today, with specimens appearing mainly in Chinese museums, although in Taiwan it is still used in Confucian ritual music by the Taiwan Confucian Temple.
The Zhu is mentioned, along with another percussion instrument called Yu , in pre- Qin Dynasty annals, and appears in the Classic of History.
The Korean Chuk (hangul: 축; hanja: 柷), a musical instrument that is essentially identical to the Zhu, from which it was derived, continues to be used in Korean Confucian court ritual music.
Steven Zhu (born 1989), known professionally as Zhu (or ), is a Chinese American electronic musician and singer who has been active since the beginning of 2014, signed to Mind of a Genius Records and Columbia Records. Until mid-2014, Zhu remained anonymous, asking to be judged by his music alone. His debut album Generationwhy was released on 29 July 2016.