1963: Year of the Water Rabbit
1963 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 25 January 1963 and runs to 12 February 1964. Born from 1 January to 24 January 1963? You are a Tiger, 1962.
1963 in the Chinese zodiac
兔
Water Rabbit
- Animal
- 兔 Rabbit
- Element
- 水 Water, yin
- Cycle name
- 癸卯年
- Starts
- 25 January 1963
- Ends
- 12 February 1964
- Matches
- Goat, Pig and Dog; clashes with Rooster
- Age
- Born in 1963? You turn 63 in 2026.
Say 1963 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九六三年 1963
- 癸卯年 the 癸卯 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九六三年出生的 I was born in 1963.
- 我属兔 I'm a Rabbit.
- 水兔 Water Rabbit
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 Rabbit
- 温柔 gentle
- 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 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 1963?
1963 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 (tù), from Chinese New Year on 25 January 1963 to 12 February 1964. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Rabbits.
What if I was born in January or early February 1963?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 24 January 1963? You belong to 1962, the Year of the Water Tiger.
What element is 1963 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 1963 is 癸卯 (guǐ mǎo) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Water year; the Water Rabbit comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1963 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九六三年 (yī jiǔ liù sān nián). “I was born in 1963” is 我是一九六三年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ liù sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rabbit” is 我属兔 (wǒ shǔ tù).