Zhou may refer to:

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• 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; 1354–1357), 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

• 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

• Zhou (country subdivision) (州), a traditional East Asian administrative division
• Congee, various rice porridges known in Chinese as zhōu (粥)

• Chou (disambiguation)

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