Jin

Jin may refer to:

Chinese contexts

• Jin Chinese (晋语), Jin-yu spoken dialect
• Jin (surname) (金, 靳, 晉, 秦, 琴, 今, 眞), Chinese surname
• Catty (斤), a unit of weight in China
• Shanxi, abbreviated as Jìn (晋), a province of China
• Ancient Chinese history:
  • Jin of Xia (廑, 1810–1789 BCE), 13th ruler of the Xia Dynasty
  • Jin (Chinese state) (晉, 11th century BCE–376 BCE), a state of the Zhou Dynasty in northern China
  • Jin Dynasty (265–420), Chinese dynasty
  • State of Jin (c. 900–923), predecessor to Later Tang Dynasty
  • Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), 金朝, a Jurchen ruling dynasty (see below for other Jin Dynasties)
    • Jurchen people, or Jin people

Korea

• Jin (Korean state) (3rd–2nd centuries BCE, 辰國), in southern Korea
• Balhae (698–926), known as Jin kingdom (震國) before 713, a kingdom in northern Korea and Manchuria
• Jin (Korean name), (Chen-陳, Jin-晉, Zhen-眞, Qin- 秦) a Korean surname
• Jin, common of Zhen (眞), Baekje, Silla, Hubaekje's surname
• Jin, common of Qin (秦), Baekje, Silla's surname
• Jin, common of Shin, Sin (神). 神 is Baekje's surname
• Jin, common of Zhen(鎭, 眞)
• Jin, common of Kim(金) at before Goryeo
• Jin, common of Kum(今), surname of hwanghaedo at goryeo

Contemporary culture

• Jin (rapper) (born 1982), Chinese-American entertainer
• Jin Akanishi (born 1984), Japanese musician
• Jin (ジン), a.k.a. Jinn (band)
• Jin Records, a Louisiana-based swamp pop record label
• Jin (仁), a 2000-2010 manga series by Motoka Murakami and the TBS live-action drama adaptation released in 2009 and 2011
• Kate and Jin - canine freestyle team in 2008 Britain's Got Talent.

Characters

• Jin, a leading character in Samurai Champloo media
• Jin or Red Flash, one of Flashmen in Choushinsei Flashman
• Jin, a character in O-Parts Hunter series
• Jin (YuYu Hakusho), a demon with mastery over the wind in YuYu Hakusho
• Jin Kariya, a character in Bleach anime
• Jin Kazama, a character in Tekken video games
• Jin Saotome, a character in Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
• Jin Uzuki, a character in Xenosaga
• Jin-Soo Kwon, a character in Lost
• Jin Kuga, a character in Kamichama Karin
• Jin Kisaragi, a character in BlazBlue video games
• Dr. Jin Minakata, the title character in Jin, a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Motoka Murakami, and has been adapted to a 2009 Japanese drama series, played by Takao Osawa

Other

• Jin, a deadwood bonsai technique
• Jin, the Wind Master (YuYu Hakusho episode)
• Jin Air, a low cost airline originating from South Korea
• Jin, a free chess software for JVM

See also

• Jinn, a.k.a. djinn or genie
• Jinn (disambiguation)
• Jin Dynasty (disambiguation)
• Gin (disambiguation)