Shin may refer to:

Biology

* The front part of the

human leg The human leg, in the general word sense, is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or gluteal region. However, the definition in human anatomy refers only to the section of the lower limb ...

below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates

Names

Shin (given name) is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used for males. Possible writings Shin can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *真, "true" *伸, "extend" *新, "new" *心, "heart" *信, "belief" *進, "progress" *慎, " ...

(Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese given name *

Shin (Korean surname) Sin or Shin is a Korean family name. It is cognate to the Chinese family names Shēn (申) and Xin (辛). According to the 2000 census in South Korea, there were 911,556 people with the surname ''Sin''. Clans There are three Chinese characte ...

(Hangul: 신, Hanja: 申, 辛, 愼), a Korean family name * Shin (Chinese: 新, which means "new"), spelled in Pinyin as Xin

Fictional characters

Shin Akuma Akuma (悪魔, Japanese for "Devil", "Demon"), known in Japan as , is a fictional character and secondary antagonist of the ''Street Fighter'' series of fighting games by Capcom. Akuma made his debut in ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' as a se ...

, a character in the Street Fighter series *

Shin Asuka (disambiguation) Shin Asuka may refer to: * Shin Asuka, a character in ''Ultraman Dyna'' * Shinn Asuka is a fictional character in the Japanese science fiction anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' by Sunrise, part of the Gundam franchise ...

, multiple * Shin Malphur, a character in the video game '' Destiny 2: Forsaken'' *

Kamen Rider Shin is a 1992 Japanese tokusatsu biopunk-Horror film, horror V-Cinema film directed by Makoto Tsuji. It is a reimagining of the Kamen Rider Series and is also the first standalone film in the franchise. Toei has marketed the film to English speaking ...

, a character in the Kamen Rider series *

Seijuro Shin The ''Eyeshield 21'' anime and manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata. The series takes place in Tokyo, Japan, where the members of Deimon Devil Bats have the ambition to compete at ...

(進), a character in the manga and anime series ''Eyeshield 21'' * A character in the manga

Dorohedoro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazines ''Monthly Ikki'' (November 2000 to September 2014), ''Hibana'' (March 2015 to August 2017), and ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' ...

* A character in the manga and anime ''

Fist of the North Star is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 ' ...

Music

Shin (band) Shin is a Taiwanese five-man Mandopop rock band who debuted in 2002 with their self-titled album, ''Shin''. The name 'Shin' came from the groups's former lead vocalist, Shin. Other members include guitarist Chris, bass player Max, keyboard p ...

( zh, 信樂團, links=no) *

Shin (singer) Shin (; born Su Chien-hsin on 14 May 1971) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. He is known as the former lead singer of the rock band Shin and a Golden Melody Awards nominee for Best Mandarin Male Singer. Shin had been singing in p ...

(蘇見信), a Taiwanese singer and former lead singer of the band Shin * Shin, the drummer of the German visual kei group

Cinema Bizarre Cinema Bizarre was a German glam rock band from Berlin. They released their debut album in 2007. Their manager was Lacrimosa singer and songwriter Tilo Wolff. In January 2010, the band announced that they were taking a break. Cinema Bizarre ...

The Shin The Shin ( ka, შინ) is a Georgian fusion jazz band formed in Germany in 1998. The music of The Shin smoothly combines Georgian folk melodies with jazz, famous native polyphonic singing with scat, and tunes of the near Orient and flamenco wi ...

, a Georgian fusion jazz band *

The Shins The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's cu ...

, an American indie band * Shin (シン), a Japanese rock singer and former vocalist of

Vivid Vivid may refer to: Music * Vivid (band), a Japanese rock band * "Vivid" (song), by Electronic, 1999 *"ViViD", a 2016 song by Loona from '' HeeJin'' Albums * ''Vivid'' (Vivian Green album), 2015 * ''Vivid'' (Crystal Kay album), 2012 * ''Vivi ...

Places

Shin, Iran Shin ( fa, شين, also Romanized as Shīn; also known as Sen) is a village in Aq Bolagh Rural District, Sojas Rud District, Khodabandeh County Khodabandeh County ( fa, شهرستان خدابنده) is in Zanjan province, Iran ...

, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran *

Shin, Swat Shin is an administrative unit, known as a Union council, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. See also * Swat District Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division ...

, an administrative unit in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan *

Shin, Syria Shin ( ar, شين ''Shîn'') is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Rabah to the north, al-Mahfurah to the northeast, Tarin to the east, Suwayri to the so ...

, a village in Syria *

Loch Shin Loch Shin ( gd, Loch Sìn, ) is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the small town of Lairg. The loch, the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is long. In the 1950s, the level of the loc ...

, a loch in the Scottish Highlands *

River Shin The River Shin ( gd, Abhainn Sin, ) is a river in the Scottish North West Highlands. The river flows from the southern end of Loch Shin, next to the village of Lairg. It flows in a generally southward direction, passing by Shin Forest and over th ...

, a river in the Scottish Highlands

Other uses

Shin (letter) Shin (also spelled Šin (') or Sheen) is the twenty-first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Shin , Hebrew Shin , Aramaic Shin , Syriac Shin ܫ, and Arabic Shin (in abjadi order, 13th in modern order). Its sound value is a vo ...

, the twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Hebrew and Arabic *

Shin Buddhism Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the human leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese g ...

, a widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, named after its founder, Shinran *

Shin Corporation Intouch Holdings PCL ( th, บริษัท อินทัช โฮลดิ้งส์ จำกัด (มหาชน); formerly Shin Corporation) is a Thai holding company which focuses on telecommunication industry. It is the parent ...

, one of the largest conglomerates in Thailand *

Shina language Shina ( ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Shina people. In Pakistan, Shina is the major language in Gilgit-Baltistan spoken by an estimated 1,146,000 people living mainly in Gilgit-Baltistan and Kohistan.{{Cite book , last1=Saxena ...

Shina people The Shina or shin ( Shina: ݜݨیاٗ, ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group primarily residing in Gilgit–Baltistan and Indus Kohistan in Pakistan, as well as in the Dras Valley and Kishenganga Valley ( Gurez) in the northern region ...

, an ethnic group who live in parts of Pakistan and northern India * Shin (信), a principle of

Nichiren Buddhism Nichiren Buddhism ( ja, 日蓮仏教), also known as Hokkeshū ( ja, 法華宗, meaning ''Lotus Sect'') is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one ...