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title: "1944 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Monkey (甲申), 25 Jan 1944 to 12 Feb 1945 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1944 is the Year of the Wood Monkey, 猴 hóu: from Chinese New Year on 25 January 1944 to 12 February 1945, so a birthday before 25 January 1944 is a Goat. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属猴."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1944"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 1944: Year of the Wood Monkey

1944 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 hóu, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1943).

猴

hóu

Wood Monkey

**Animal**
[猴 hóu Monkey](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/monkey)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yang

**Cycle name**
甲申年 jiǎ shēn nián

**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.

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## Say 1944 in Chinese

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

- 一九四四年 yī jiǔ sì sì nián 1944
- 甲申年 jiǎ shēn nián the 甲申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九四四年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ sì sì nián chū shēng de I was born in 1944.
- 我属猴 wǒ shǔ hóu I'm a Monkey.
- 木猴 mù hóu 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 chūn spring

**Direction**
东 dōng east

**Colour**
青 qīng green

### Words for a Wood Monkey

- 机智 jīzhì clever
- 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 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.

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

## 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).