1913: Year of the Water Ox
1913 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 6 February 1913 and runs to 25 January 1914. Born from 1 January to 5 February 1913? You are a Rat, 1912.
1913 in the Chinese zodiac
牛
Water Ox
- Animal
- 牛 Ox
- Element
- 水 Water, yin
- Cycle name
- 癸丑年
- Starts
- 6 February 1913
- Ends
- 25 January 1914
- Matches
- Snake, Rooster and Rat; clashes with Goat
- Age
- Born in 1913? You turn 113 in 2026.
Say 1913 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九一三年 1913
- 癸丑年 the 癸丑 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九一三年出生的 I was born in 1913.
- 我属牛 I'm a Ox.
- 水牛 Water Ox
What Water means
水Water is calm and finds a way around anything. People born in a Water year are said to be wise and adaptable, good listeners who read a room.
- Season
- 冬 winter
- Direction
- 北 north
- Colour
- 黑 black
Words for a Water Ox
- 勤劳 hard-working
- 聪明 clever
- 灵活 adaptable
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Ox, 牛
The Ox carried the Rat across the river and came in second. People born in an Ox year are said to be patient, honest and hard-working: slow to start, and then impossible to stop.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1913?
1913 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 (niú), from Chinese New Year on 6 February 1913 to 25 January 1914. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Oxs.
What if I was born in January or early February 1913?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 5 February 1913? You belong to 1912, the Year of the Water Rat.
What element is 1913 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 1913 is 癸丑 (guǐ chǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Water year; the Water Ox comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1913 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九一三年 (yī jiǔ yī sān nián). “I was born in 1913” is 我是一九一三年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ yī sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Ox” is 我属牛 (wǒ shǔ niú).