Chinese Etymology (website)
https://hanziyuan.net/
The Story behind the Chinese Characters (youtube playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAq7yIXPpeA&list=PLaLOVNqqD-2GtqboSpMPa80ckJAef6UFb
I teach Chinese at high school. One of the hardest apects of learning Chinese is learning the Chinese characters. And I try to find resources for them that can break down the components of the characters and show them the meaning of each component. The Chinese Etymology website is a great site created by an American named Richard Sears. It shows the evolution of each Chinese characters from its earlist form as found on the Oracle bones, to Da Zhuan script that was carved on bronze vessels or wood, to Xiao Zhuan script or seal characters, to characters found on Liu Shu Tong. For example, this page shows how to character 月 （moon) https://hanziyuan.net/#%E6%9C%88 evolves from its more pictographic form (the script represents the object itself) to more logographic form (the script represents the concept).
And the youtube playlist has 607 short minute long videos that animate the characters' evolution process. This one below is for the character 月(moon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIWmEqnIaMM
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