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title: "1945 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Rooster (乙酉), 13 Feb 1945 to 1 Feb 1946 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1945 is the Year of the Wood Rooster, 鸡 jī: from Chinese New Year on 13 February 1945 to 1 February 1946, so a birthday before 13 February 1945 is a Monkey. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属鸡."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1945"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1945: Year of the Wood Rooster

1945 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 jī, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 13 February 1945 and runs to 1 February 1946. Born from 1 January to 12 February 1945? You are a [Monkey, 1944](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1944).

鸡

jī

Wood Rooster

**Animal**
[鸡 jī Rooster](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rooster)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙酉年 yǐ yǒu nián

**Starts**
13 February 1945

**Ends**
1 February 1946

**Matches**
Ox, Snake and Dragon; clashes with Rabbit

**Age**
Born in 1945? You turn 81 in 2026.

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## Say 1945 in Chinese

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

- 一九四五年 yī jiǔ sì wǔ nián 1945
- 乙酉年 yǐ yǒu nián the 乙酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九四五年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ sì wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 1945.
- 我属鸡 wǒ shǔ jī I'm a Rooster.
- 木鸡 mù jī Wood Rooster

## 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 Rooster

- 自信 zìxìn confident
- 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 Rooster, 鸡

The Rooster wakes the world each morning. People born in a Rooster year are said to be confident, hard-working and frank: early risers who notice every detail and say what they think.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 1945?

1945 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 (jī), from Chinese New Year on 13 February 1945 to 1 February 1946. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Roosters.

### What if I was born in January or early February 1945?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 12 February 1945? You belong to 1944, the Year of the Wood Monkey.

### What element is 1945 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 1945 is 乙酉 (yǐ yǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Rooster comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 1945 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九四五年 (yī jiǔ sì wǔ nián). “I was born in 1945” is 我是一九四五年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ sì wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rooster” is 我属鸡 (wǒ shǔ jī).