2023: Year of the Water Rabbit
2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 22 January 2023 and runs to 9 February 2024. Born from 1 January to 21 January 2023? You are a Tiger, 2022.
2023 in the Chinese zodiac
兔
Water Rabbit
- Animal
- 兔 Rabbit
- Element
- 水 Water, yin
- Cycle name
- 癸卯年
- Starts
- 22 January 2023
- Ends
- 9 February 2024
- Matches
- Goat, Pig and Dog; clashes with Rooster
- Age
- Born in 2023? You turn 3 in 2026.
Say 2023 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇二三年 2023
- 癸卯年 the 癸卯 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇二三年出生的 I was born in 2023.
- 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 2023?
2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 (tù), from Chinese New Year on 22 January 2023 to 9 February 2024. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Rabbits.
What if I was born in January or early February 2023?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 21 January 2023? You belong to 2022, the Year of the Water Tiger.
What element is 2023 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 2023 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 2023 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇二三年 (èr líng èr sān nián). “I was born in 2023” is 我是二〇二三年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng èr sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rabbit” is 我属兔 (wǒ shǔ tù).