甲辰

jiǎchén
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 jiachen — the 41st year of the sexagenary cycle (e.g. 1904, 1964, 2024)
  2. 2 Year of the Wood Dragon

Examples

2024 nián shì jiǎchén nián.
The year 2024 is a jiachen year.
Jiǎchén nián shēng rén shǔ lóng.
People born in a jiachen year belong to the Dragon zodiac.

Tips

culture
Composed of the heavenly stem (jiǎ, 1st of 10) and earthly branch (chén, 5th of 12, paired with the Dragon). Together they form the 41st combination of the 60-year (gānzhī) cycle. Recent jiǎchén years: 1844, 1904, 1964, 2024 — next one is 2084.
history
甲午战争 (the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894) is named after a different year — — but the format is the same: stem + branch labeling a year. 甲辰 itself is associated in Chinese history with events of 1904, including the start of the Russo-Japanese War fought largely on Chinese soil.

In Pop Culture

甲辰 jiǎchén lóngnián
Year of the Dragon (jiachen)
2024 was widely marketed in China as 甲辰龙年, a once-in-60-years Wood Dragon year considered especially auspicious

Stroke Order

jiǎ
chén