Jin

Jin may refer to:

In Chinese history:

• Jin (廑), a ruler of the Xia dynasty (2033 BC–1562 BC)
• Jin (state) (746 BC-403 BC) (晉), a state in northern China during the Spring and Autumn Period
• Jin Dynasty (265-420) (晉) of southeastern China
• Later Jin Dynasty (Five Dynasties) (936-947) was one of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China.
• Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) (Jinn) (金), a Jurchen kingdom in northern China
• Later Jin Dynasty, (Later Jinn Dynasty), a state founded in Manchuria in 1616 by the Jurchen Nurhaci, later renamed Qing_Dynasty

In other Chinese contexts:

• Jìn (晋), an abbreviation for Shanxi province in the People's Republic of China
• Jin (金, 靳, 晉), Mandarin transliteration of several Chinese family names
• (斤) the traditional Chinese unit of weight, defined in the twentieth century as half of a kilogram
• Jin (晋语) or Jin-yu, a subdivision of spoken Chinese, spoken over most of Shanxi province of China, as well as adjourning areas in Hebei, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces.

In Korean history:

• Jin state (辰國), a state in southern Korea during 3rd and 2nd centuries BC
• Jin state (698-926) (振國) was the initial name of Balhae, a kingdom in northern Korea and Manchuria that succeeded Goguryeo

In arts and entertainment:

• Jin, a character in Samurai Champloo, a television anime series
• Jin Au-Yeung, Chinese American rapper
• Jin, 1987 Chinese film, English title The Well
• Jin-Soo Kwon, a character in the television series Lost.
• Jin Kazama, a character in Namco's fighting game series, Tekken

Miscellaneous:

• For the mythological creature jinn, see genie.