1951: Year of the Metal Rabbit
1951 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 6 February 1951 and runs to 26 January 1952. Born from 1 January to 5 February 1951? You are a Tiger, 1950.
1951 in the Chinese zodiac
兔
Metal Rabbit
- Animal
- 兔 Rabbit
- Element
- 金 Metal, yin
- Cycle name
- 辛卯年
- Starts
- 6 February 1951
- Ends
- 26 January 1952
- Matches
- Goat, Pig and Dog; clashes with Rooster
- Age
- Born in 1951? You turn 75 in 2026.
Say 1951 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九五一年 1951
- 辛卯年 the 辛卯 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五一年出生的 I was born in 1951.
- 我属兔 I'm a Rabbit.
- 金兔 Metal Rabbit
What Metal means
Metal is strength and a clean edge, the harvest of autumn. People born in a Metal year are said to be determined and clear-minded, sure of what they want.
- Season
- 秋 autumn
- Direction
- 西 west
- Colour
- 白 white
Words for a Metal Rabbit
- 温柔 gentle
- 坚强 strong-willed
- 果断 decisive
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 Rabbit, 兔
The Rabbit is the Jade Rabbit, 玉兔, who lives on the moon with Chang’e. People born in a Rabbit year are said to be gentle, kind and graceful, peacemakers with good taste who would rather talk than fight.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1951?
1951 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 (tù), from Chinese New Year on 6 February 1951 to 26 January 1952. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Rabbits.
What if I was born in January or early February 1951?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 5 February 1951? You belong to 1950, the Year of the Metal Tiger.
What element is 1951 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 1951 is 辛卯 (xīn mǎo) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Metal year; the Metal Rabbit comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1951 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九五一年 (yī jiǔ wǔ yī nián). “I was born in 1951” is 我是一九五一年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ yī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rabbit” is 我属兔 (wǒ shǔ tù).