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Jin is a toneless pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words. These have also been romanized as Kin and Chin in the past. "Jin" also occurs in Japanese and Korean.
It may refer to:
States
Jìn 晉
- Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC
- Jin dynasty (265–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin
- Western Jin (西晉; 265–316)
- Eastern Jin (東晉; 317–420)
- Jin (Later Tang precursor) (晉國; 907–923), Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Later Jin (Five Dynasties) (後晉; 936–947), Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Jīn 金
- Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (金朝), also known as the Jurchen Jin
- Later Jin (17th century) (後金; 1616–1636), precursor of the Qing dynasty
Others
- Jin (Korean state) (辰國), precursor of the Jinhan Confederation
- Balhae (698–713), originally known as Jin (震)
Places
- Jin Prefecture (Shanxi) (晉州), a former Chinese prefecture centered on present-day Linfen, Shanxi
- Jin Prefecture (Shaanxi) (金州), a former Chinese prefecture centered on present-day Ankang, Shaanxi
- Jin Prefecture (Hunan) (锦州), a former Chinese prefecture centered on Luyang in present-day Hunan
- Shanxi, official abbreviation Jin (晋)
- Tianjin, official abbreviation Jin (津)
Rivers
Surnames
- Jin (Chinese surname), various Chinese surnames
- Jin (Korean surname), various Korean surnames
Entertainment
- Jin (manga), a Japanese manga series by Motoka Murakami
- Jin (TV series), a Japanese television adaptation of the manga
- "Jin, the Wind Master", an episode of Yu Yu Hakusho
People
- Jin Akanishi (born 1984), Japanese musician
- Jin Akimoto (born 1971), Japanese mixed martial artist
- Jin Hanato (端戸 仁, born 1990), Japanese footballer
- Jin Hiratsuka (平墳 迅, born 1999), Japanese footballer
- Jin Horikawa (堀川 仁, born 1962), Japanese voice actor
- Jin Watanabe (渡部 仁, born 1990), Japanese handball player
- MC Jin (born 1982), Hong Kong American rapper
- Jin, the stage name of Park Myung-eun (born 1996), South Korean singer with the girl group Lovelyz
- Jin, the stage name of Kim Seok-jin (born 1992), South Korean singer of the boy band BTS
Fictional characters
- Jin Kazama, the protagonist of the Tekken video game series
- Jin-Soo Kwon, a character in Lost
- Jin, a character in the O-Parts Hunter series
- Jin, a character in Samurai Champloo media
- Jin, a character in YuYu Hakusho
- Jin Kariya, a character in the anime Bleach
- Jin Kirigiri, a character in Danganronpa
- Jin Kisaragi, a character in BlazBlue video games
- Jin Uzuki, a character in Xenosaga
- Jin Ryu, a character in Beyblade
- Jin Kaien, a character in Grand Chase
- Jin, the protagonist of the Choushinsei Flashman
Other uses
- JIN, the code for Jinja Airport in Uganda
- Jin Air, a South Korean airline
- Jin language
- Jīn (斤), the Chinese name for the catty, a traditional East Asian unit of weight
- Jin, a deadwood bonsai technique
See also
- Jinhan confederacy (辰韓; 1st century BC – 4th century AD), also known as Qinhan
- Jinn (disambiguation)
- Jinzhou (disambiguation)
- Jinjiang (disambiguation)
- Gin (disambiguation)
- Chin (disambiguation)
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