Greetings scholars! Expressing abstract concepts like cardinal directions is always a bit of a pickle in logographic systems, so let's have a look at how Chinese tackled this problem, starting with today's character 東 "East; master, host".
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Music Used: Purple Bamboo tune - Chinese Classical Folk Music
Sunset Ceremony - Emperor Rise of the Middle Kingdom
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:33 Etymology
2:30 Variant Characters
3:15 Writing Tips
4:45 Outro
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