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title: "1904 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Dragon (甲辰), 16 Feb 1904 to 3 Feb 1905 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1904 is the Year of the Wood Dragon, 龙 lóng: from Chinese New Year on 16 February 1904 to 3 February 1905, so a birthday before 16 February 1904 is a Rabbit. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属龙."
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published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
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# 1904: Year of the Wood Dragon

1904 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 lóng, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 16 February 1904 and runs to 3 February 1905. Born from 1 January to 15 February 1904? You are a [Rabbit, 1903](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1903).

龙

lóng

Wood Dragon

**Animal**
[龙 lóng Dragon](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/dragon)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yang

**Cycle name**
甲辰年 jiǎ chén nián

**Starts**
16 February 1904

**Ends**
3 February 1905

**Matches**
Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog

**Age**
Born in 1904? You turn 122 in 2026.

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## Say 1904 in Chinese

A year is read digit by digit, then 年 nián: no “nineteen eighty-three”.

- 一九〇四年 yī jiǔ líng sì nián 1904
- 甲辰年 jiǎ chén nián the 甲辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九〇四年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ líng sì nián chū shēng de I was born in 1904.
- 我属龙 wǒ shǔ lóng I'm a Dragon.
- 木龙 mù lóng Wood Dragon

## What Wood means

木Wood is growth: a tree reaching up and out. People born in a Wood year are said to be generous and kind, slow to anger and quick to help.

**Season**
春 chūn spring

**Direction**
东 dōng east

**Colour**
青 qīng green

### Words for a Wood Dragon

- 有活力 yǒu huólì full of energy
- 大方 dàfang generous
- 仁慈 réncí kind

Each year has one of five elements, 五行 wǔ xíng, two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.

## The Dragon, 龙

The Dragon is the only one of the twelve that isn’t real, and the luckiest: emperors wore it, and many families hope for a Dragon baby. People born in a Dragon year are said to be ambitious, energetic and charismatic, people who think big.

[Dragon personality, matches and sayings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/dragon)

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 1904?

1904 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 16 February 1904 to 3 February 1905. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Dragons.

### What if I was born in January or early February 1904?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 15 February 1904? You belong to 1903, the Year of the Water Rabbit.

### What element is 1904 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 1904 is 甲辰 (jiǎ chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Wood year; the Wood Dragon comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 1904 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九〇四年 (yī jiǔ líng sì nián). “I was born in 1904” is 我是一九〇四年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ líng sì nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).