jin
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Alternative spelling of jinn.
- A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
Proper noun
- A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.
- A marchland (c. 1046–677 BC) and duchy (677–376 BC) of the Zhou Kingdom around the river.
- A Chinese surname.
- A titular principality of the Wei Empire (est. AD 264) and other later Chinese states.
- An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south.
- Synonym of Sima: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
- The late 3rd to early 5th century, the era during which the Sima clan were the legitimate emperors of China.
- A river (Jin River, 晉江/晋江 (Jìnjiāng)) in Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian, China, emptying into the Taiwan Strait.
- A prefecture of imperial China centered on Linfen, Shanxi.
- Former name of Linfen as the seat of the prefecture.
- An realm in early-10th century Shaanxi loyal to the Tang after their overthrow by the Later Liang.
- The Later Jin, a short-lived empire in 10th-century Shaanxi; the 930s and '40s, the era of this empire.
- Synonym of Shi: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
- A Chinese dialect family (code cjy) spoken by about 45 million people in Shanxi and adjacent provinces.
- A Korean surname.
- A Chinese surname, given 29th among the Hundred Family Surnames.
- A prefecture of imperial China centered on Ankang, Shaanxi.
- Former name of Ankang as the seat of the prefecture.
- An empire in northern China (AD 1115–1234) established by an invasion of Liao by the Wanyan Jurchens and overthrown by an invasion of the Mongols.
- Synonym of Wanyan: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
- Synonym of Jurchen: the Tungusic people who ruled this empire.
- The 12th to early 13th century, the era during which the Wanyan clan were the legitimate emperors of northern China.
- Synonym of Qing: the Chinese empire, dynasty, and era, (particularly) during the years 1616 to 1636, prior to the formal declaration of the Qing.
- A river (錦江) in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China, emptying into the Bei or North River.
- A river (錦江) in Sichuan Province, China, emptying into the Min River.
- A river (錦江 (贛江支流)) in Jiangxi Province, China, emptying into the Gan River.
- A prefecture of imperial China centered on Luyang, Hunan.
- Former name of Luyang as the seat of the prefecture.
- A Chinese surname.
- A river (靳江) in Hunan Province, China, emptying into the Xiang River.
- An ancient state or tribal confederation in northern Korea.
- Synonym of Balhae, a northern Korean state, (particularly) between its AD 698 founding and 712 renaming.
- A Korean surname.
- A Japanese male given name.
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