Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Jin
Jin may refer to:
In Chinese history:
In Other Chinese contexts:
In Korean history:
In Arts and entertainment:
Miscellaneous:
Jin (Xia dynasty ruler) (廑), (2033 BC–1562 BC)
Jin (state) (746 BC-403 BC) (晉), a state in northern China during the Spring and Autumn Period
Jin Dynasty, used to refer to a number of Chinese dynastic kingdoms:

  • Jin Dynasty (265-420) (Simplified Chinese: 晋朝; Traditional Chinese: 晉朝; pinyin: Jìn cháo) of China
    Later Jin Dynasty (Five Dynasties) (936-947) (Simplified Chinese: 后晋; Traditional Chinese: 後晉; pinyin: Hòu Jìn) was one of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China.
    Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), also spelled Jinn Dynasty (Simplified Chinese: 金朝; Traditional Chinese: 金朝; pinyin: Jīn cháo), a Jurchen kingdom in northern China
    Later Jin Dynasty, also spelled Later Jinn Dynasty (Simplified Chinese: 后金; Traditional Chinese: 後金; pinyin: Hòu Jīn), a state founded in Manchuria in 1616 by the Jurchen Nurhaci, later renamed Qing Dynasty
    Jìn (晋), an abbreviation for Shanxi province in the People's Republic of China
    Jin (surname) (金, 靳, 晉), Mandarin transliteration of several Chinese family names
    Catty (斤), the traditional Chinese unit of weight, redefined in the twentieth century as half of a kilogram
    Jin (linguistics) (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.
    Jin (Korean history) (辰國), a state in southern Korea during 3rd and 2nd centuries BC
    Jin state (698-926) (震國) was the initial name of Balhae, a kingdom in northern Korea and Manchuria that succeeded Goguryeo
    Jin, a character in Samurai Champloo, a television anime series
    Jin (YuYu Hakusho); a fictional character in the series Yu Yu Hakusho
    Jin (rapper), full name Jin Au-Yeung, Chinese American rapper
    Jin, 1987 Chinese film, English title The Well
    Jin-Soo Kwon, a Korean character in the television series Lost.
    Jin Kazama, a character in Namco's fighting game series, Tekken
    Jin Saotome, a Capcom character
    Blade: Jin, a katana weaponskill in the game FINAL FANTASY XI online, used by the job Ninja.
    Jin Uzuki, a character in the video game trilogy Xenosaga
    Jin Kariya, a character in the anime Bleach
    Jin, aka Red Flash, from the Sentai series Choushinsei Flashman
    Jin (ジン), a J-Pop group – see Jinn (band)
    Jin Hakashima, a japanese singer/rapper
    Jin Records, a record label
    Jin, a character in the manga Satan 666
    For the mythological creature jinn, see genie.
    Jin can be a Japanese name.

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