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type: Knowledge Base
title: "Chinese Zodiac Knowledge Base (十二生肖知識庫)"
description: "An Open Knowledge Format reference for the Chinese zodiac: the twelve animals, their elements and personalities, and marriage compatibility (合婚)."
resource: https://localpapa.com/tools/zodiac.html
tags: [zodiac, chinese-zodiac, shengxiao, sheng-xiao, okf]
timestamp: 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z
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# Chinese Zodiac Knowledge Base · 十二生肖知識庫

The **Chinese zodiac** (生肖) assigns one of **twelve animals** — Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig — to a birth **year** by the lunar calendar. Each animal maps to an earthly branch and an element, sketching personality, and the branches harmonise or clash to give **marriage compatibility (合婚)**.

This is the **static knowledge layer** in [Open Knowledge Format](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/how-the-open-knowledge-format-can-improve-data-sharing/): stable, human- and agent-readable. The **dynamic layer** — finding an animal from a date and checking compatibility — runs 100% in the browser at <https://localpapa.com/tools/zodiac.html>, with nothing uploaded.

> Note: the zodiac year changes at **Lunar New Year**, so a January/February birth may belong to the previous animal — this tool converts via the lunar calendar. For entertainment and reference.

## Navigate

- [The Twelve Animals](./animals/index.md) — 十二生肖
- [Marriage Compatibility](./compatibility.md) — 生肖合婚
- [Blood Type Personality](../bloodtype/index.md) — 生肖 × 血型 (combine for a richer reading)

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*Part of the [LocalPapa knowledge pack](../index.md). Tool: [Chinese zodiac](https://localpapa.com/tools/zodiac.html).*