Fuchu of Chu

{{Short description|King of Chinese state of Chu from 227 to 223 BC}}

{{For|Japanese place names|Fuchū (disambiguation){{!}}Fuchū}}

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|image =

|name = Xiong Fuchu
熊負芻

|succession = King of Chu

|predecessor = King Ai

|successor = Xiong Qi

|full name = Ancestral name: Mǐ (羋)
Lineage name: Xióng (熊)
Given name: Fùchú (負芻)

|title =

|reign = 227–223 BC

|father = King Kaolie or King Qingxiang (disputed)

|posthumous name =

|house = Mi

|dynasty = Chu

}}

Xiong Fuchu, commonly known as "Fuchu, King of Chu" ({{zh|c=楚王負芻}}), was from 227 BC to 223 BC the ruler of the Chu state.{{cite web|url=http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_040.htm |title=楚世家 (House of Chu) |work=Records of the Grand Historian |author=Sima Qian |author-link=Sima Qian |language=zh |access-date=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310023405/http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_040.htm |archive-date=10 March 2012 }}

Xiong Fuchu usurped the throne in 227 BC after he murdered his younger half-brother, King Ai. In 223 BC he was captured and deposed by the army of the invading Qin state.