晋 |
Jìn zhōu | see 晋州市 / Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty in 528, centered on present-day Linfen 临汾市 in Shanxi |
晋 |
Jìn | surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265–420) / Western Jin 西晋 (265–316), Eastern Jin 东晋 (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西 |
晋 |
jìn | to move forward / to promote / to advance |
州 |
zhōu | prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |