Qin can refer to:

State

• Qin (state), a state of China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
• Qin Dynasty, which followed Qin's unification of China in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC
• 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

Person

• Qin Jiushao, Chinese mathematician
• Qin Shi Huang, founder of the Qin Dynasty

Musical instrument

• Guqin, formerly named Qin, Chinese stringed musical instrument
• Qinqin, a lute-type instrument

Other

• Shaanxi, abbreviated as Qin (?), province of China

See also

• Hata clan descendants of Qin Dynasty, established in Japan
• Daqin

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