Jin
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Jin is an atonal 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
China
- State of Jin (晉國; c. 1046–376 BCE), a marchland and duchy under the Zhou dynasty
- Jin dynasty (晉朝; CE 265–420), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin
- Western Jin (西晉; 265–316), based at Luoyang and Chang'an (modern Xi'an)
- Eastern Jin (東晉; 317–420), based at Jiankang (modern Nanjing)
- Jin (晉國; 907–923), a loyalist Tang opponent of the Later Liang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Later Jin (後晉; 936–947) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Jin dynasty (金朝; 1115–1234), also known as the Jurchen Jin, the Jinn, or the Golden Tartars
- Later Jin (後金; 1616–1636), the Jurchen or Manchu state which became the Qing dynasty
Korea
- State of Jin (辰國; 3rd–2nd century BCE), precursor of the Jinhan Confederation
- Balhae (698–713), sometimes known as the Jin Kingdom (震國)
Places
Prefectures
- Jin Prefecture (晉州), a former imperial Chinese prefecture centered on present-day Linfen, Shanxi
- Jin Prefecture (金州), a former imperial Chinese prefecture centered on present-day Ankang, Shaanxi
- Jin Prefecture (锦州), a former imperial Chinese prefecture centered on Luyang in present-day Hunan
Provinces
- Shanxi short name "Jin" (simplified Chinese: 晋; traditional Chinese: 晉)
Settlements
- Jin (津), the Chinese-language abbreviation for Tianjin, China
Rivers
- Jin River (晋水), a tributary of the Fen River in Shanxi also known as the Jinshui
- Jin River, an alternative name for the Golden Water River (金水河, Jīnshuǐ Hé) in Beijing
- Jin River (锦江, Jǐn Jiāng), a tributary of the Bei River in Guangdong
- Jin River (锦江, Jǐn Jiāng), a tributary of the Min River in Sichuan
- Jin River (晋江, Jìn Jiāng), a river in Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian
- Jin River (靳江, Jìn Jiāng), a tributary of the Xiang River in Hunan
Entertainment
- Jin (manga), a Japanese manga series by Motoka Murakami
- Jin (TV series), a Japanese television adaptation of the manga
- Jin Records, a Louisiana-based swamp pop record label
- "Jin, the Wind Master", an episode of Yu Yu Hakusho
People
- Jin (Chinese surname), various Chinese surnames
- Jin (Korean surname), various Korean surnames
- Jin Akanishi (born 1984), Japanese musician
- JIN, the stage name of Park Myung-eun (born 1996), a South Korean singer with the girl group Lovelyz
- Jin, the stage name of Kim Seok-Jin (김석진), a South Korean singer with the Bangtan Boys
- MC Jin (born 1982), a Chinese-American entertainer
Fictional characters
- Jin Kazama, the protagonist of the Tekken video games
- 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
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
- In Kurdish, jin means woman, and comes from the root jiyan, meaning life.
See also
- Qin (state) and Qin dynasty, all formerly romanized as Ch'in and (mistakenly) as Chin
- 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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