Jin (Korean surname)

Jin
Hangul	진
Hanja	陳, 晉, 秦, 眞
Revised Romanization	Jin
McCune–Reischauer	Gin

Jin (진) is the romanization of a number of Korean surnames, written as 陳, 秦, 眞, or 晉 in hanja.

陳 (Chen:첸)

Jin (陳), the most common version, derived from the Chinese surname Chen.

• Jin Soo (陳秀) from Song Dynasty—13th century
• Jin Woo Ryang (陳友諒) from Ming Dynasty—13th century
• Jin Lin (陳璘) from Ming Dynasty—16th century

秦 (Qin:친)

Jin (秦) is derived from the Chinese surname Qin (surname).

• during the 7th century Tang Dynasty, Jin Pil Myung (Chinese: 秦弼明; pinyin: Qin Biming) was a Tang general who participated in the Conquest war of Silla, and later returned to China.
• during the 13th century Song Dynasty, another Jin (秦) family emigrated from China to Goryeo, becoming the Modern Korean Jin (秦) family.

眞 (Zhen:전)

Jin (眞:Zhen), Korean surname of Baekje, Silla, Hubaekje.

• Jin Kodo (眞高道), general of Geunchogo of Baekje
• Jin Mu (眞武), prime minister of Baekje
• Jin Gong (眞功) was prime minister of Silla
• Jin Ho (眞虎), prime minister of Hubaekje

晉 (Jin:진)

Jin (晉:Jin)

• Jin Ham Jo (晉含祚) was officer of goryeo
• Jin Sun-Kuk (born 1970), South Korean track and field sprinter