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title: "2024 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Dragon (甲辰), 10 Feb 2024 to 28 Jan 2025 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2024 is the Year of the Wood Dragon, 龙 lóng: from Chinese New Year on 10 February 2024 to 28 January 2025, so a birthday before 10 February 2024 is a Rabbit. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属龙."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2024"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 2024: Year of the Wood Dragon

2024 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 lóng, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 10 February 2024 and runs to 28 January 2025. Born from 1 January to 9 February 2024? You are a [Rabbit, 2023](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2023).

龙

lóng

Wood Dragon

**Animal**
[龙 lóng Dragon](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/dragon)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yang

**Cycle name**
甲辰年 jiǎ chén nián

**Starts**
10 February 2024

**Ends**
28 January 2025

**Matches**
Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog

**Age**
Born in 2024? You turn 2 in 2026.

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## Say 2024 in Chinese

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

- 二〇二四年 èr líng èr sì nián 2024
- 甲辰年 jiǎ chén nián the 甲辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇二四年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng èr sì nián chū shēng de I was born in 2024.
- 我属龙 wǒ shǔ lóng I'm a Dragon.
- 木龙 mù lóng Wood Dragon

## 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 Dragon

- 有活力 yǒu huólì full of energy
- 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 Dragon, 龙

The Dragon is the only one of the twelve that isn’t real, and the luckiest: emperors wore it, and many families hope for a Dragon baby. People born in a Dragon year are said to be ambitious, energetic and charismatic, people who think big.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2024?

2024 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 10 February 2024 to 28 January 2025. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Dragons.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2024?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 9 February 2024? You belong to 2023, the Year of the Water Rabbit.

### What element is 2024 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 2024 is 甲辰 (jiǎ chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Wood year; the Wood Dragon comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 2024 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇二四年 (èr líng èr sì nián). “I was born in 2024” is 我是二〇二四年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng èr sì nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).