Chin (金)
A Taiwanese surname.
金 Chin
- Zhuyin
- ㄐㄧㄣ
- Pinyin
- jīn
- Wade-Giles
- Chin
- Further spellings of 金
- Jin
- Taiwanese Hokkien (Tâi-lô)
- Kim
- Hakka (Sixian)
- gim²⁴
- Rank in Taiwan
- 92nd most common surname, roughly 0.08% of the population (2023 Ministry of the Interior figures)
What the character means
'Gold'; 'metal'; 'money'; it is also the name of the Jin dynasty (金朝).
Where the surname comes from
Several origins are on record, including descendants of Shaohao (少昊金天氏) and Jin Midi (金日磾), a Xiongnu prince to whom Emperor Wu of Han granted the surname. Hall name (堂號): 彭城堂.
Saying it 我姓金 — wǒ xìng jīn (ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ), "my family name is 金"
Sources: rank and share, 內政部 全國姓名統計分析 (Ministry of the Interior, National Name Statistics), data as of 2023-06-30. Taiwanese Hokkien readings, 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi), 百家姓 appendix. Hakka, 教育部臺灣客語辭典 (MOE Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka), 百家姓表, Sixian (四縣腔).