Qin
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Qin can refer to:
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- Qin (state), a state of China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
- Qin Dynasty, which followed Qin's unification of China
- Former Qin, Di state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
- Later Qin, Qiang state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
- Western Qin, Xianbei state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
- Qin Shi Huang, founder of the Qin Dynasty.
- Guqin, formerly named Qin, Chinese stringed musical instrument
- 「琴」: A general term for a stringed musical instrument in Chinese. Nowadays, it generally has come to mean the piano or 「鋼琴」 (gangqin), but may also refer to the zither (including the hammered dulcimer), keyboard instruments, and other instruments that are played similarly to the piano, such as the harmonica
- 「秦」: From the State of Qin.
- 「覃」: Deep, usually referring to the depth of water.
- Shaanxi, abbreviated as Qin (秦), province of China
- Hata clan descendants of Qin Dynasty, established in Japan.
- Daqin