Jin

Chinese family name (金)

NameChinese family name family nameQ718600

Also known as Jīn · Kam · Kim

Instance of: Chinese family name
, family name

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Jin is the Hanyu pinyin transliteration of a number of Chinese surnames. The most common one, Jīn 金, literally means "gold" and is 29th in the list of "Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2006, it is ranked the 64th most common Chinese surname and is sometimes transliterated as Chin.

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Said to be the same as: Jin criterion used: pinyin
Kim criterion used: Hanja
Kim criterion used: Pe̍h-ōe-jī, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Gingiya
Gam criterion used: Yale romanization of Cantonese
Kam criterion used: Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation
Native label: 金
Language: Chinese
Different from: 金 criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Jin criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Jin dynasty criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Script: Chinese characters
Transliteration or transcription: Jīn
Kim
Gām
Kîm
김 revised romanization: Kim
Kim
こん revised hepburn romanization: Kon
きん revised hepburn romanization: Kin
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Kam
Attested in: Finnish Population Information System

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