Jin, originally known as Tang, was a major state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dynasty: the southern part of modern Shanxi.
Tang is an American drink mix brand that was formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell and General Foods Corporation chemist William Bruce James in 1957, and first marketed in powdered form in 1959.
A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle - as on a knife, sword, spear, arrowhead, chisel, file, coulter, pike, scythe, screwdriver, etc.
A tong is a type of organization found among Chinese immigrants predominately living in the United States, Canada, with smaller numbers in Australia and the United Kingdom.
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