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__NOTOC__ Kin usually refers to
kinship In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says that ...
and
family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
. Kin or KIN may also refer to:


Culture and religion

* Otherkin, people who identify as not entirely human *
Kinism Kinism is a white nationalist interpretation of Christianity. The ideology is a "movement of anti-immigrant, ' Southern heritage' separatists who splintered off from Christian Reconstructionism to advocate the belief that God's intended order is ...
, a white supremacist religious movement *
Kinh The Vietnamese people ( vi, người Việt, lit=Viet people) or Kinh people ( vi, người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China (Jing Islands, Dongxing, Guangxi). The native lang ...
, the majority ethnic group of Vietnam


Places

* Kin empires and dynasties of China, now romanized as ''Jin'' * Kin, Okinawa, a town in Okinawa, Japan * Kin, Pakistan, a village along the Indus in Pakistan * Kin, Ye, a village in Ye Township, Myanmar * Kin, Mogok, a village in
Mogok Township Mogok Township is a township of Thabeikkyin District in Mandalay Region, Burma (Myanmar). It is located north of the city of Mandalay and surrounds the town of Mogok. Demographics 2014 The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Kutkai Township ...
, Myanmar


Arts, entertainment, and media


Music

* ''Kin'' (iamamiwhoami album), 2012 * ''KIN'' (KT Tunstall album), 2016 * ''Kin'' (Pat Metheny album), 2014 * ''Kin'' (Mogwai album), 2018 * ''Kin'' (Xentrix album), 1992 * ''Kin'' (Whitechapel album), 2021


Film

* ''Kin'', a 2000 South African-British film by
Elaine Proctor Elaine Proctor (born 1960) is a South African film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actress. Her film ''Friends'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or Special Distinction. Proctor attended the Na ...
* ''Kin'' (film), a 2018 American science fiction film


Television

* "Kin" (''Justified''), a 2013 episode of the TV series ''Justified'' * ''Kin'' (Irish TV series), crime drama set in Dublin * ''Kin'' (Singaporean TV series), a Singaporean TV drama series


Other arts, entertainment, and media

* The Kin, a group of women in the novel series ''The Wheel of Time'' * ''Kin'' (comics), a 2000 comic-book limited series by Gary Frank * "Kin" (short story), a 2006 short story by Bruce McAllister


Organizations

* Kin Canada, a Canadian non-profit service organization * Kids In Need Foundation or KIN


Transportation

* Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)'s Amtrak station code, KIN * Norman Manley International Airport's IATA Code, KIN


Other uses

* KIN (gene), a gene for a DNA/RNA binding protein * Kin (mass), a Japanese unit of mass * Kin, a cryptocurrency token by Kik Interactive *
Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken in Rwanda and adjacent parts of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where ther ...
language's ISO 639 code, KIN * Kin or ''rin'', a Japanese
standing bell A standing bell or resting bell is an inverted bell, supported from below with the rim uppermost. Such bells are normally bowl-shaped, and exist in a wide range of sizes, from a few centimetres to a metre in diameter. They are often played by st ...
* K'in, a day in the Maya Calendar *
Microsoft Kin Kin was a short-lived mobile phone line from Microsoft designed for users of social networking. The phones, aimed at people between ages 15 and 30, were manufactured by Sharp Corporation and sold through Verizon Wireless. Microsoft invested two ...
, a family of social networking phones developed by Microsoft


See also

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Jin (disambiguation) Jin is a toneless pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words. These have also been romanized as Kin and Chin (Wade–Giles). "Jin" also occurs in Japanese and Korean. It may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), ...
, formerly romanized as ''kin'' in Chinese contexts *
Ken (disambiguation) Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in t ...
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Kin selection Kin selection is the evolutionary strategy that favours the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even when at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction. Kin altruism can look like altruistic behaviour whose evolution ...
, an evolutionary strategy that favors the reproductive success of an organism's relatives {{disambiguation