Published On Oct 15, 2022
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.
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Character chapters and sources:
0:10 Transportation ⇔ Yùn shū
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/彳
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/止
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/辵
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/軍
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/運
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/俞
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
0:59 Walk ⇔ Zǒu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/走
1:06 Bicycle ⇔ Zì xíng chē
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/自
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/行
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/車
1:24 Motorcycle ⇔ Mó tuō chē
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/麻
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/手
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/乇
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/車
2:07 Car ⇔ Chē
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/車
2:13 Bus ⇔ Gōng jiāo chē
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/公
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/車
2:31 Train ⇔ Huǒ chē
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/火
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/車
2:44 Subway ⇔ Dì tiě
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/地
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/金
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/戈
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
3:45 Light rail ⇔ Qīng guǐ
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/車
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/輕
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/軌
4:09 Airplane ⇔ Fēi jī
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/飛
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/木
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/幾
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/几
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis...
4:46 Boat ⇔ Chuán
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/船