1944: Year of the Wood Monkey
1944 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 , a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 25 January 1944 and runs to 12 February 1945. Born from 1 January to 24 January 1944? You are a Goat, 1943.
1944 in the Chinese zodiac
猴
Wood Monkey
- Animal
- 猴 Monkey
- Element
- 木 Wood, yang
- Cycle name
- 甲申年
- Starts
- 25 January 1944
- Ends
- 12 February 1945
- Matches
- Rat, Dragon and Snake; clashes with Tiger
- Age
- Born in 1944? You turn 82 in 2026.
Say 1944 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九四四年 1944
- 甲申年 the 甲申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九四四年出生的 I was born in 1944.
- 我属猴 I'm a Monkey.
- 木猴 Wood Monkey
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 Monkey
- 机智 clever
- 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 Monkey, 猴
The Monkey is Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Journey to the West. People born in a Monkey year are said to be clever, funny and curious, quick learners who can solve anything and love a joke.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1944?
1944 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 (hóu), from Chinese New Year on 25 January 1944 to 12 February 1945. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Monkeys.
What if I was born in January or early February 1944?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 24 January 1944? You belong to 1943, the Year of the Water Goat.
What element is 1944 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, 木 (mù). 1944 is 甲申 (jiǎ shēn) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Wood year; the Wood Monkey comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1944 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九四四年 (yī jiǔ sì sì nián). “I was born in 1944” is 我是一九四四年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ sì sì nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Monkey” is 我属猴 (wǒ shǔ hóu).