Usage of the character 晋

to move forward
to promote
to advance

Jìn

晋

[晉]

surname Jin
the Jin Dynasties (265-420)
Western Jin 西晉／西晋 ( Xī Jìn) (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋 ( Dōng Jìn) (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946)
short name for Shanxi province 山西 ( Shānxi)

Jìnzhōng

晋中

[晉中]

Jinzhong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 ( Shānxī)

Jìnxiàn

晋县

[晉縣]

Jin county in Hebei

Jìnzhōu

晋州

[晉州]

Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei
Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市／临汾市 ( Línfénshì) in Shanxi

Jìnchéng

晋城

[晉城]

Jincheng prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 ( Shānxī)

Wèi Jìn

魏晋

[魏晉]

Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

Xī Jìn

西晋

[西晉]

Western Jin dynasty (265-316)

jìnjiàn

晋见

[晉見]

to have an audience with

Jìnyuán

晋源

[晉源]

Jinyuan district of Taiyuan city 太原市 ( Tàiyuánshì), Shanxi

Jìncháo

晋朝

[晉朝]

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

jìnjí

晋级

[晉級]

to advance in rank
promotion
advancement

Jìnjiāng

晋江

[晉江]

Jinjiang, county-level city in Quanzhou 泉州 ( Quánzhōu), Fujian

jìnjué

晋爵

[晉爵]

to join the nobility
to rise through the nobility

Gǔjìn

古晋

[古晉]

Kuching (city in Malaysia)

Jìnníng

晋宁

[晉寧]

Jinning county in Kunming 昆明 ( Kūnmíng), Yunnan

fújìn

福晋

[福晉]

in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife

Jìn'ān

晋安

[晉安]

Jin'an, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市 ( Fuzhóu Shì), Fujian

Jìndài

晋代

[晉代]

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

Dōng Jìn

东晋

[東晉]

Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420

Jìnshū

晋书

[晉書]

History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡／房玄龄 ( Fáng Xuánlíng) in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 ( Tángcháo), 130 scrolls

Níngjìn

宁晋

[寧晉]