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title: "1975 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Rabbit (乙卯), 11 Feb 1975 to 30 Jan 1976 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1975 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit, 兔 tù: from Chinese New Year on 11 February 1975 to 30 January 1976, so a birthday before 11 February 1975 is a Tiger. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属兔."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1975"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1975: Year of the Wood Rabbit

1975 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 tù, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 11 February 1975 and runs to 30 January 1976. Born from 1 January to 10 February 1975? You are a [Tiger, 1974](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1974).

兔

tù

Wood Rabbit

**Animal**
[兔 tù Rabbit](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rabbit)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙卯年 yǐ mǎo nián

**Starts**
11 February 1975

**Ends**
30 January 1976

**Matches**
Goat, Pig and Dog; clashes with Rooster

**Age**
Born in 1975? You turn 51 in 2026.

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## Say 1975 in Chinese

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

- 一九七五年 yī jiǔ qī wǔ nián 1975
- 乙卯年 yǐ mǎo nián the 乙卯 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九七五年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ qī wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 1975.
- 我属兔 wǒ shǔ tù I'm a Rabbit.
- 木兔 mù tù Wood Rabbit

## 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 Rabbit

- 温柔 wēnróu gentle
- 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 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.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 1975?

1975 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 (tù), from Chinese New Year on 11 February 1975 to 30 January 1976. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Rabbits.

### What if I was born in January or early February 1975?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 10 February 1975? You belong to 1974, the Year of the Wood Tiger.

### What element is 1975 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 1975 is 乙卯 (yǐ mǎo) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Rabbit comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 1975 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九七五年 (yī jiǔ qī wǔ nián). “I was born in 1975” is 我是一九七五年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ qī wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rabbit” is 我属兔 (wǒ shǔ tù).