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 ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

. Kin or KIN may also refer to:

Places

* Kin empires and dynasties of China, now romanized as ''Jin'' *

Kin, Okinawa is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In 1 October 2020, the town had an estimated population of 10,806 and a density of 290 persons per km2. The total area of Kin is . 59% of the land area of Kin remains under cont ...

, a town in Okinawa, Japan *

Kin, Pakistan Kin, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a village in Rajanpur District, Punjab, of central Pakistan. It is located on the western side (right bank) of the Indus River at the edge of the flood plain. Kin is in the Mazāri ...

, a village along the Indus in Pakistan * Kin, Ye, a village in Ye Township, Myanmar * Kin, Mogok, a village in

Mogok Township Mogok Township (also spelled as Mogoke 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 C ...

, 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 * ''Kin'' (film), a 2018 American science fiction film *''Kin'', upcoming Australian film written by Thomas Atkin, winner of the 2021 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing

Television

* "Kin" (''Justified''), a 2013 episode * "Kin" (''The Last of Us''), a 2023 episode * ''Kin'' (Irish TV series), Dublin crime drama broadcast from 2021 * ''Kin'' (Singaporean TV series), a 2018 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 Kin Canada (formerly the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada) is a secular Canada, Canadian non-profit service organization. It promotes Community Service, service, fellowship, Value (personal and cultural), positive values, and national pride. ...

, a Canadian non-profit service organization *

Kids In Need Foundation The Kids In Need Foundation is an American national 501(c)(3) charity that believes every child in America should have equal opportunity and access to a quality education. By partnering with teachers and students in under-resourced schools, Ki ...

or KIN

Transportation

Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island) Kingston is a historic railroad station located on the Northeast Corridor in the village of West Kingston, in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. It was built at this location in 1875 by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, r ...

's Amtrak station code, KIN *

Norman Manley International Airport Norman Manley International Airport , formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica, and is located south of the island away from the centre of New Kingston. It is the second busiest airport in the country ...

's IATA Code, KIN

Other uses

KIN (gene) DNA/RNA-binding protein KIN17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''KIN'' gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a nuclear protein that forms intranuclear foci during proliferation and is redistributed in the nucleoplasm during the c ...

, a gene for a DNA/RNA binding protein *

Kin (mass) Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō () is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese system, which spread to Japan and the rest of the Sinosphe ...

, a Japanese unit of mass * Kin, a cryptocurrency token by

Kik Interactive Kik Messenger, commonly called Kik, is a freeware instant messaging mobile app from the Canadian company Kik Interactive, available on iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and Android operating systems. The application uses a smartphone's internet connectio ...

Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and the national language of Rwanda. It is a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is also spoken in adjacent parts of the Democratic Republic of the ...

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 is a line of mobile phones that was briefly marketed by Microsoft in 2010. Aimed at people between ages 15 and 30, they were designed for social networking. Microsoft invested two years and about US$1 billion developing the Kin platform, begin ...

, a family of social networking phones developed by Microsoft