Wu

Wu (吳) was a region in the south of Chang Jiang, surrounding Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province of China. It is also the abbreviation of several kingdoms or states based in Wu. The largest city in the Wu region today is Shanghai. The first Wu state was established in late Zhou Dynasty. Once considered as a barbarian state, it emerged to be a power overload at the end of Spring and Autumn Period. The most influential Wu state was the Kingdom of Wu during the period of Three Kingdoms. The city of Suzhou (also called Wu) has traditionally been the capital of the Wu states. Much of Japanese culture is influenced from this small region of China.

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\nWu is also a Chinese dialect spoken around the same region as the original Wu state. See Wu dialect. See also: Shanghainese

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\nWu (吳 or 吴) is a common Chinese family name. Wu can be several other less common Chinese family names, 仵,烏,鄔 etc. In Cantonese, 吳 and 仵 are transliterated to Ng; 烏 and 鄔 to Woo.

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\nWu was also given as a response to the question: "Does a dog have the Buddha-nature. See Wu (Chinese word).

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\n*About Wu culture\n*Great background on Wu culture via the city of Suzhou.\n* Shanghainese (a Wu Chinese dialect): Introduction and Development - With dictionary, phonology, romanization, audio, comprehensive lessons, readings, and forum. In the works. \n* Of Wu Chinese(江南雅音话吴语): Introduction, statistical data, vocal records, dialectmaps and literature datum of Wu\n