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 studying 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/

0:07 Time ⇔ Shí jiān
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/時
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/門

0:56 Hour ⇔ Xiǎo shí
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/小
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/時

1:08 O'Clock ⇔ Diǎn zhōng
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/黑
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/占
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/點
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/今
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/王
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/呂
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/金
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/童
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/中
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/鐘

2:54 Minute ⇔ Fēn zhōng
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/分
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/鐘

3:12 Half hour ⇔ Diǎn bàn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/點
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/八
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/牛
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

3:37 Quarter of an hour ⇔ Diǎn yī kè
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/點
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/一
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/亥
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/刀
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

4:15 Before dawn ⇔ Líng chén
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/仌
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/夌
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/辰
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

5:04 Sunrise ⇔ Rì chū
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/出

5:23 Early morning ⇔ Zǎo chén
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/早
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

5:36 Noon ⇔ Zhōng wǔ
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/中
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/午

5:48 Afternoon ⇔ Xià wǔ
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/下
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/午

6:00 Sunset ⇔ Rì luò
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/洛
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

6:43 Evening ⇔ Wǎn shàng
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/免
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/上

7:08 Nighttime ⇔ Yè lǐ
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/亦
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/夕
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/夜
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/衣
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/里