Zu or ZU may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional elements 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 Names Zu (surname) (祖), a Chinese surname Zu, a nobiliary particle, in German Ziv Kalontarov (born 1997), Israeli swimmer Places Zu, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran Zu, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Science and technology 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 Zu (mythology), a lesser god in Akkadian mythology Helios Airways (IATA code ZU) See also Zou (disambiguation)