1924: Year of the Wood Rat
1924 is the Year of the Rat, 鼠 , a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 5 February 1924 and runs to 23 January 1925. Born from 1 January to 4 February 1924? You are a Pig, 1923.
1924 in the Chinese zodiac
鼠
Wood Rat
- Animal
- 鼠 Rat
- Element
- 木 Wood, yang
- Cycle name
- 甲子年
- Starts
- 5 February 1924
- Ends
- 23 January 1925
- Matches
- Dragon, Monkey and Ox; clashes with Horse
- Age
- Born in 1924? You turn 102 in 2026.
Say 1924 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九二四年 1924
- 甲子年 the 甲子 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九二四年出生的 I was born in 1924.
- 我属鼠 I'm a Rat.
- 木鼠 Wood Rat
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 spring
- Direction
- 东 east
- Colour
- 青 green
Words for a Wood Rat
- 机灵 quick-witted
- 大方 generous
- 仁慈 kind
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 Rat, 鼠
The Rat comes first of the twelve: in the old story of the Great Race it rode across the river on the Ox’s back and jumped off at the finish. People born in a Rat year are said to be quick-witted and resourceful, the first to spot a chance and careful to save for a rainy day.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1924?
1924 is the Year of the Rat, 鼠 (shǔ), from Chinese New Year on 5 February 1924 to 23 January 1925. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Rats.
What if I was born in January or early February 1924?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 4 February 1924? You belong to 1923, the Year of the Water Pig.
What element is 1924 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, 木 (mù). 1924 is 甲子 (jiǎ zǐ) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Wood year; the Wood Rat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1924 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九二四年 (yī jiǔ èr sì nián). “I was born in 1924” is 我是一九二四年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ èr sì nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rat” is 我属鼠 (wǒ shǔ shǔ).