Jin

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Jin may refer to:

Contents 1 Chinese contexts 2 Korea 3 Modern culture 3.1 Fictional characters 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Chinese contexts

• Jin Chinese (晋语) a.k.a. Jin-yu spoken dialect
• Jin (surname) (金, 靳, 晉)
• Jin, a.k.a. Catty (斤), unit of weight
• Jìn (晋), abbreviation of province Shanxi
• Ancient Chinese history:
  • Jin of Xia (廑, 1810–1789 BCE)
  • Jin (state) (晉, 746–403 BCE), in northern China
  • State of Jin (c. 900–923), state founded by Li Keyong and coexisting with the Later Liang Dynasty
  • Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), 金朝, a ruling dynasty of a Jurchen kingdom (see below for other Jin Dynasties)

[edit] Korea

• Jin state (3rd–2nd centuries BCE, 辰國), in southern Korea
• Jin kingdom (698–926) (震國) a.k.a. Balhae, in northern Korea and Manchuria
• Jin, a Korean surname

[edit] Modern culture

• Jin (ジン), a.k.a. Jinn (band)
• Jin (rapper) (born 1982), Chinese-American entertainer
• Jin Akanishi (born 1984), Japanese musician
• Jin Records, label

[edit] Fictional characters

• A leading character in Samurai Champloo media
• Jin, a.k.a. Red Flash, one of Flashmen in Choushinsei Flashman
• Jin, character in O-Parts Hunter series
• Jin (YuYu Hakusho)
• Jin Kariya, in livnproof
• Jin Kazama, in Tekken
• Jin Saotome, character in Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
• Jin Uzuki, in Xenosaga
• Jin-Soo Kwon, in Lost
• Jin Kuga, in Kamichama Karin.

[edit] Other

• Jin, a deadwood bonsai technique

[edit] See also

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

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