Pechin (閬芷??銝?Peechin, also Peichin) is an Okinawan term for the scholar-officials class of the former Ry贖ky贖 Kingdom (modern day Okinawa, Japan), the class equivalent of the Japanese Samurai. Though initially culturally different, by the nineteenth century these feudal scholar-officials of the Ry贖ky贖 Kingdom would eventually call themselves samurai.

In the last two hundred years of the existence of the Ry贖ky贖 Kingdom there was a strong push to make Ry贖ky贖 more Japanese, and gradually displace the native language, customs and culture. The once culturally distinct Ry贖ky贖 warrior gradually become more Japanese, to the extent that they adopted Bushido. In Japanese documents from the nineteenth century it is common to find that Pechin are simply addressed as Samurai, making no distinction to any cultural differences.