1968: Year of the Earth Monkey
1968 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 30 January 1968 and runs to 16 February 1969. Born from 1 January to 29 January 1968? You are a Goat, 1967.
1968 in the Chinese zodiac
猴
Earth Monkey
- Animal
- 猴 Monkey
- Element
- 土 Earth, yang
- Cycle name
- 戊申年
- Starts
- 30 January 1968
- Ends
- 16 February 1969
- Matches
- Rat, Dragon and Snake; clashes with Tiger
- Age
- Born in 1968? You turn 58 in 2026.
Say 1968 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九六八年 1968
- 戊申年 the 戊申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九六八年出生的 I was born in 1968.
- 我属猴 I'm a Monkey.
- 土猴 Earth Monkey
What Earth means
土Earth is the ground everything stands on, at the centre of the five. People born in an Earth year are said to be steady and patient, the friend everyone leans on.
- Season
- 长夏 late summer
- Direction
- 中 the centre
- Colour
- 黄 yellow
Words for an Earth Monkey
- 机智 clever
- 稳重 steady
- 可靠 reliable
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 1968?
1968 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 (hóu), from Chinese New Year on 30 January 1968 to 16 February 1969. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Monkeys.
What if I was born in January or early February 1968?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 29 January 1968? You belong to 1967, the Year of the Fire Goat.
What element is 1968 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 1968 is 戊申 (wù shēn) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Earth year; the Earth Monkey comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1968 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九六八年 (yī jiǔ liù bā nián). “I was born in 1968” is 我是一九六八年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ liù bā nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Monkey” is 我属猴 (wǒ shǔ hóu).