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.

Land on the Golden Gate by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/stuntisland/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

0:06 Plant ⇔ Zhí wù
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/木
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/直
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/物

0:31 Seed ⇔ Zhǒng zi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/禾
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/重
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/中
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/種
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/子

1:14 Moss ⇔ Tái xiǎn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/台
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/苔
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/魚
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/羊

2:09 Grass ⇔ Cǎo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/早
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/草

2:27 Flower ⇔ Huā
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/化
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/花

2:46 Vine ⇔ Téng wàn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/滕
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/曼
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

3:47 Bush ⇔ Guàn mù
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/水
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/雚
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/木

4:18 Fern ⇔ Jué lèi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/厥
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/米
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/犬
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/頁
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

5:13 Tree ⇔ Shù
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/木
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/尌
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/樹

5:50 Cactus ⇔ Xiān rén zhǎng
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/人
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/仙
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/尚
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/手
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/掌

6:39 Leaf ⇔ Yè zi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/枼
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/口
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/十
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/叶
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/子

7:21 Branch ⇔ Zhī
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/木
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/竹
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/又
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/支
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/枝

7:52 Root ⇔ Gēn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/根