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 ...

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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, 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, 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, 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 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 * K'in, a day in the Maya Calendar * Microsoft Kin, a family of social networking phones developed by Microsoft