1943: Year of the Water Goat
1943 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 5 February 1943 and runs to 24 January 1944. Born from 1 January to 4 February 1943? You are a Horse, 1942.
1943 in the Chinese zodiac
羊
Water Goat
- Animal
- 羊 Goat
- Element
- 水 Water, yin
- Cycle name
- 癸未年
- Starts
- 5 February 1943
- Ends
- 24 January 1944
- Matches
- Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox
- Age
- Born in 1943? You turn 83 in 2026.
Say 1943 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九四三年 1943
- 癸未年 the 癸未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九四三年出生的 I was born in 1943.
- 我属羊 I'm a Goat.
- 水羊 Water Goat
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 Goat
- 温和 easy-going
- 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 Goat, 羊
The Goat is also the Sheep: 羊 means both. People born in a Goat year are said to be easy-going, creative and caring, the kind of person who makes any place feel like home.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1943?
1943 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 5 February 1943 to 24 January 1944. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Goats.
What if I was born in January or early February 1943?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 4 February 1943? You belong to 1942, the Year of the Water Horse.
What element is 1943 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 1943 is 癸未 (guǐ wèi) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Water year; the Water Goat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1943 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九四三年 (yī jiǔ sì sān nián). “I was born in 1943” is 我是一九四三年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ sì sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).