Jin (English, name)
expansion: Jin
Senses:
glosses: A Chinese surname, given 29th among the Hundred Family Surnames.
glosses: A prefecture of imperial China centered on Ankang, Shaanxi.
tags: historical
glosses: Former name of Ankang as the seat of the prefecture.
tags: historical
glosses: 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.
tags: historical
glosses: Synonym of Wanyan: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
tags: historical
topics: anthropology
ethnography
human-sciences
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glosses: Synonym of Jurchen: the Tungusic people who ruled this empire.
tags: historical
uncommon
qualifier: chiefly Chinese contexts
glosses: The 12th to early 13th century, the era during which the Wanyan clan were the legitimate emperors of northern China.
tags: historical
glosses: Synonym of Qing: the Chinese empire, dynasty, and era, (particularly) during the years 1616 to 1636, prior to the formal declaration of the Qing.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: Chin
tags: alternative
form: Kin
tags: alternative