Metal Rat (Chinese:庚子;pinyin:gēngzǐ) is the 37th combination of the sexagenary cycle of the Chinese zodiac. It is preceded by Earth Pig and followed by Metal Ox. In the traditional correspondence of the Heavenly Stems with the Five Phases, gēng (庚) represents yang and Metal, while the Earthly Branch zǐ (子) corresponds to the Rat zodiac.

Gregorian calendar years

A year of the Metal Rat occurs every 60 years according to the following table:

Associated years
1st millennium2nd millennium3rd millennium4th millennium
40 100 160 220 280 340 400 460 520 580 640 700 760 820 880 940 10001060 1120 1180 1240 1300 1360 1420 1480 1540 1600 1660 1720 1780 1840 1900 19602020 2080 2140 2200 2260 2320 2380 2440 2500 2560 2620 2680 2740 2800 2860 2920 29803040 3100 3160 3220 3280 3340 3400 3460 3520 3580 3640 3700 3760 3820 3880 3940 4000