Jin
Appearance
Jin may refer to:
Chinese contexts
- Jin (surname) (金, 靳, 晉), Chinese surname
- JIn (斤), Catty the unit of weight in China
- Jinsha (金沙), archaeological site in Sichuan province.
- Jintian (金田), city of Guiping, Guangxi
Chinese state
- Jin (Chinese state) (晉, 11th century BCE–376 BCE), a state of the Zhou Dynasty in northern China
- Jin Kingdom (264–265) (晋), Chinese kingdom
- Jin Dynasty (265–420) (晋), Chinese dynasty
- Jin (Five Dynasties) (晋, 907–923), Xueyantuo dynasty, predecessor to Later Tang Dynasty
- Later Jin Dynasty (晋, 936–947), Shatuo dynasty, Chinese dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
- Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), (金), a Jurchen people ruling dynasty (see below for other Jin Dynasties)
- Later Jin Dynasty (from 1616) (後金), later known as the Qing Dynasty (from 1636)
Korea
- Jin (Korean state) (3rd–2nd centuries BCE, 辰國), in southern Korea
- Jin (Korean name), Korean surname include a Chen (陳), Qin (秦), Zhen (眞), Jin (晉)
- Balhae (698–926), known as Jin kingdom (震國) before 713, a kingdom in northern Korea and Manchuria
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.
- Jin, the TBS live-action Japanese drama adaptation released in 2009 and 2011 starring Takao Osawa
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 Masato, a character in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
- 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
- JIN, Jinja Airport in Uganda.
See also
- Jinn, a.k.a. djinn or genie
- Jinn (disambiguation)
- Jin Dynasty (disambiguation)
- Gin (disambiguation)