Hello, this is Bamboo Cipher. Welcome to Chinese character arc, exploring the evolution of Chinese characters from oracle bone etchings to digital text (both traditional and simplified).
I make these videos as a fun research project and to supplement my learning Chinese as a second language. No promises regarding the accuracy of my facts or pronunciation.

Character chapters and sources:

00:19 WÈN LÙ = ASK FOR DIRECTIONS
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/路

00:40 BĚI = NORTH
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/北

01:19 NÁN = SOUTH
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/南

01:37 DŌNG = EAST
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/東

01:50 XĪ = WEST
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/西

02:15 QIÁN MIÀN = IN FRONT
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/前
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/面

02:37 HÒU MIÀN = BEHIND
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/後
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/后
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/面

03:37 WÀI MIÀN = OUTSIDE
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/外
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/面

04:03 LǏ MIÀN = INSIDE
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/衣
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/衤
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/里
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/面

04:48 YÒU BIĀN = RIGHT SIDE
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/右
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/邊

05:28 ZUǑ BIĀN = LEFT SIDE
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/左
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/邊

05:51 ZHÍ = STRAIGHT
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/直

06:03 PÁNG BIĀN = BESIDE
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/旁
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/邊

06:32 MÍ LÙ = TO GET LOST
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/彳
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/止
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/辵
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/米
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/路