title: Jurchen
text: # Jurchen
  
  Jurchen may refer to:
  
  * Jurchen people, Tungusic people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until the 17th century
     * Haixi Jurchens, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty
     * Jianzhou Jurchens, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty
     * Wild Jurchens, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty
  * Jurchen script, writing system of Jurchen people
  * Jurchen language, extinct language spoken by Jurchen people
  * Jin dynasty (1115–1234), also known as the Jurchen Dynasty
  