During the reign of Nurhaci, Shushu clan was included into Gioro family.
[1] The clan belonged to the Bordered Blue Banner, like another collateral Gioro clansmen.
Modern-day descendants sinicized their surnames into Zhao (赵), Shu (舒), Zeng (曾), Gong (贡), Cong (从), Jiang and She.
[2] As a common noun in the Manchu language, the word šušu means "sorghum."
This word is identical to Korean 슈슈 sjusju > 수수 susu ("sorghum") and Mandarin Chinese 薥黍 shǔshǔ ("sorghum").