Xu or XU may refer to:
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Surnames
Xu (surname 徐) (徐 Xú)
Xu (surname 許) (许/許 Xǔ)
Xu (surname 胥) (胥 Xū)
The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then each surname would be spelled Xu in pinyin, and Hsü in the Wade–Giles system or Hsu if the diaeresis is also omitted.
People and characters
ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
ǃXu (god), the creator god of the ǃKung
Xu, a minor character in the game Final Fantasy VIII
Places
Xu (state) (徐), a state of ancient China in modern Jiangsu and Anhui
Xǔ (state) (許), a state of ancient China in modern Henan
Universities
X University (Toronto Metropolitan University aka Ryerson Polytechnic Institute), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Xavier University (disambiguation)
Xavier University in Cincinnati, United States
Xavier University of Louisiana, United States
Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Xinjiang University, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
Other uses
African Express Airways (IATA code XU), a Kenyan airline
X unit (symbol xu), a unit of length approximately equal to 0.1 pm (10−13 m), used for X-ray and gamma ray wavelengths
Xu (currency), a former 1/100 subdivision of the Vietnamese Dong
XU (intelligence organisation), a clandestine intelligence organisation in occupied Norway during World War II
PSA XU engine, a series of petrol engines from PSA
