In anatomy, the shin is the lower anterior portion of the leg. In humans, it is especially painful to be kicked or otherwise directly struck on the shin.

Shin (ש) is a letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Shin (Hangul: 신, Hanja: 申) is one of the few Korean family surnames.

Shin is a river in the Scottish North West Highlands. The river flows from Loch Shin into the Dornoch Firth and then into the North Sea. The river is just 7 miles (11,2 km) long.