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title: "1915 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Rabbit (乙卯), 14 Feb 1915 to 2 Feb 1916 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1915 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit, 兔 tù: from Chinese New Year on 14 February 1915 to 2 February 1916, so a birthday before 14 February 1915 is a Tiger. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属兔."
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published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
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# 1915: Year of the Wood Rabbit

1915 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 tù, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 14 February 1915 and runs to 2 February 1916. Born from 1 January to 13 February 1915? You are a [Tiger, 1914](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1914).

兔

tù

Wood Rabbit

**Animal**
[兔 tù Rabbit](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rabbit)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙卯年 yǐ mǎo nián

**Starts**
14 February 1915

**Ends**
2 February 1916

**Matches**
Goat, Pig and Dog; clashes with Rooster

**Age**
Born in 1915? You turn 111 in 2026.

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## Say 1915 in Chinese

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

- 一九一五年 yī jiǔ yī wǔ nián 1915
- 乙卯年 yǐ mǎo nián the 乙卯 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九一五年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ yī wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 1915.
- 我属兔 wǒ shǔ tù I'm a Rabbit.
- 木兔 mù tù Wood Rabbit

## 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 Rabbit

- 温柔 wēnróu gentle
- 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 Rabbit, 兔

The Rabbit is the Jade Rabbit, 玉兔, who lives on the moon with Chang’e. People born in a Rabbit year are said to be gentle, kind and graceful, peacemakers with good taste who would rather talk than fight.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 1915?

1915 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 (tù), from Chinese New Year on 14 February 1915 to 2 February 1916. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Rabbits.

### What if I was born in January or early February 1915?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 13 February 1915? You belong to 1914, the Year of the Wood Tiger.

### What element is 1915 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 1915 is 乙卯 (yǐ mǎo) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Rabbit comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 1915 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九一五年 (yī jiǔ yī wǔ nián). “I was born in 1915” is 我是一九一五年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ yī wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rabbit” is 我属兔 (wǒ shǔ tù).