MU facts for kids

MU, Mu, or μ are short ways to refer to many different things! It's like a nickname that can mean a lot of different words or ideas, depending on where you see it. This page will help you understand some of the most common meanings of "MU."

Fun and Entertainment

Movies and TV Shows

• Aries Mu: A character from the Japanese anime series Saint Seiya.
• Mu La Flaga: Another character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
• Monsters University: A popular animated movie from 2013 made by Disney and Pixar. It's about monsters going to college!
• "μ's" (pronounced "Muse"): This is the name of the main school idol group in the anime series Love Live!.

Video Games

• Mu Online: An online role-playing game that came out in 2003.
• Mu: An ancient civilization mentioned in the game Mega Man Star Force 2.
• Mu-12: A character you can play in the BlazBlue video game series.
• Colony Mu: A special place found in the game Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Music World

• Mu (album): This is the name of two music albums by the jazz musician Don Cherry.
• Mu Performing Arts: An Asian-American theater group that also performs traditional Japanese drumming called taiko.
• MU (musician): This is the stage name for Mutsumi Kanamori, a musician from Japan and Britain.
• MU: A music group started by Merrell Fankhauser and Jeff Cotton.
• M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull: A collection of the most popular songs by the band Jethro Tull.
• Planet Mu: An independent record label that releases electronic music.

Companies and Groups

Businesses and Brands

• Mu Dynamics: A company that creates special tools to test how well computer networks work.
• MU Press: A company that publishes independent comic books.
• Isuzu MU Wizard: A type of compact SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) car.
• Micron Technology: A big company in the US that makes computer memory and storage. Its stock market symbol is MU.
• China Eastern Airlines: An airline from China. Its IATA code (a special code for airlines) is MU.

Other Organizations

• Mothers' Union: A worldwide organization for Anglican Christian women.
• Musicians' Union (UK): A group that supports musicians in the United Kingdom.
• Groupe μ: A group of experts from Belgium who study language and how it works.

Words and Writing

• Mu (letter): This is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet, written as Μ (big letter) or μ (small letter).
  • Micro-: The small Greek letter μ is also used as a metric prefix. It means "one millionth" (like a micrometre is one millionth of a metre).
• Mu (kana): This is a Japanese writing character, written as む (hiragana) or ム (katakana).
• Mu (cuneiform): A symbol used in ancient cuneiform writing.
• Mu (negative): In Japanese and Korean, "Mu" (無) can mean "no" or "without." It's often used in philosophy.
• Middle Ukrainian: This refers to the Ukrainian language as it was spoken between the 16th and 18th centuries.

Places Around the World

• Mu River: There are two rivers named Mu. One is in Burma (Myanmar), and another is in Japan (Hokkaidō).
• Mù: A small village located in the Edolo municipality in Italy.
• Mauritius: An island country in the Indian Ocean. Its international country code is MU.
  • .mu: This is the internet address ending (like .com or .org) for websites from Mauritius.

Mythical Places

• Mu (mythical lost continent): A legendary continent that some people believe existed in the Pacific Ocean long ago, but there's no scientific proof.

Universities

Many universities around the world use "MU" in their name. Here are a few examples:

• Macquarie University: In Sydney, Australia.
• Monash University: In Melbourne, Australia.
• Madras University: In Chennai, India.
• Mumbai University: In Mumbai, India.
• Marquette University: In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
• University of Missouri: In Columbia, Missouri, USA.
• Mahidol University: In Salaya, Thailand.
• Masaryk University: In Brno, Czech Republic.

People and Family Names

• Mu (surname): This is a common Chinese family name, written in different ways like 穆, 牧, 慕, and others.
• Mu family: A very powerful Chinese family that lived between the 14th and 18th centuries.
• Mu of Baekje (580–641): A king who ruled the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje.
• King Mu of Zhou (died 922 BC): A famous king of the ancient Chinese state of Zhou.
• Mu Dan (1918–1977): A well-known Chinese poet and translator.
• Athing Mu (born 2002): An American athlete who is a very fast middle-distance runner.

Science and Technology

Biology and Health

• Mu phage: A type of virus that infects bacteria.
• Centimorgan: Also called a "map unit," this is a unit used in genetics to measure how often genes are passed on together.
• Monitor unit (MU): Used in radiation therapy (a type of medical treatment) to measure the amount of radiation given.
• SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant: One of the different types of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Measurements

• Micro-: The SI (metric) prefix μ means one millionth (10⁻⁶).
• Micrometre: A unit of length, one millionth of a metre. It used to be sometimes written as μ.
• Million units of energy: In India, this term is used for a gigawatt-hour, which is a very large amount of energy.
• Mu (unit): A traditional Chinese unit for measuring land area, also spelled "mou." It's about 0.066 hectares.

Physics World

• Coefficient of friction: This number helps us understand how much friction (the force that slows things down when they rub together) there is between two surfaces.
• Electron mobility: How easily electrons can move through a material when an electric field is applied.
• Mu-metal: A special metal alloy (mix of metals) that is very good at blocking magnetic fields.
• Muon: A tiny, elementary particle, similar to an electron but much heavier.
• Muonium: A special kind of "exotic atom" made up of an antimuon and an electron.
• Permeability (electromagnetism): How much a material can be magnetized when placed in a magnetic field.
• Reduced mass: An "effective" mass used in physics problems involving two objects interacting.
• Standard gravitational parameter: A value that describes the strength of a celestial body's gravity.
• Viscosity: This describes how much a fluid (like water or honey) resists flowing. Honey has high viscosity!

Other Science and Tech Uses

• Mu (rocket family): A series of Japanese rockets launched into space between 1966 and 2006.
• Multiple unit: A type of train where each carriage can move on its own and also connect with other carriages.
• Olympus mju: A popular series of compact cameras made by Olympus.

Other Meanings

• Musician (United States Navy): A job title for musicians in the United States Navy.
• Mu: A type of radish, often used in Korean cooking.
• Manchester United F.C.: A very famous professional football (soccer) club from England.
• MuseScore: A computer program that helps you write and arrange sheet music.
• /mu/: A section on the website 4chan where people discuss music.

See also

In Spanish: Mu para niños

• Moo (disambiguation)
• M (disambiguation)