2004: Year of the Wood Monkey
2004 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 , a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 22 January 2004 and runs to 8 February 2005. Born from 1 January to 21 January 2004? You are a Goat, 2003.
2004 in the Chinese zodiac
猴
Wood Monkey
- Animal
- 猴 Monkey
- Element
- 木 Wood, yang
- Cycle name
- 甲申年
- Starts
- 22 January 2004
- Ends
- 8 February 2005
- Matches
- Rat, Dragon and Snake; clashes with Tiger
- Age
- Born in 2004? You turn 22 in 2026.
Say 2004 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇〇四年 2004
- 甲申年 the 甲申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇〇四年出生的 I was born in 2004.
- 我属猴 I'm a Monkey.
- 木猴 Wood Monkey
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 spring
- Direction
- 东 east
- Colour
- 青 green
Words for a Wood Monkey
- 机智 clever
- 大方 generous
- 仁慈 kind
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 2004?
2004 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 (hóu), from Chinese New Year on 22 January 2004 to 8 February 2005. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Monkeys.
What if I was born in January or early February 2004?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 21 January 2004? You belong to 2003, the Year of the Water Goat.
What element is 2004 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, 木 (mù). 2004 is 甲申 (jiǎ shēn) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Wood year; the Wood Monkey comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2004 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇〇四年 (èr líng líng sì nián). “I was born in 2004” is 我是二〇〇四年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng líng sì nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Monkey” is 我属猴 (wǒ shǔ hóu).