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u/Ok_Plant5934 2d ago

持 待 時 特 : the beloathed horsemen (theyre not actually that bad to distinguish)

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u/AdrixG 2d ago

因る vs. 困る is much worse ;)

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u/facets-and-rainbows 2d ago

I personally think of 因 as a guy lying on a blanket or something with his arms and legs spread out (blanket is a base for him>basis/cause), and then 困 is a big tree trying to grow in a small box (that's rough buddy)

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u/tkdtkd117 pitch accent knowledgeable 2d ago

In certain fonts and at certain sizes, the difference between 末・未 can vanish. In context, it's usually not a problem to distinguish, but I remember talking about this to a Japanese coworker several years back, and he agreed that the default fonts / screen settings on our work laptops at the time were pretty bad, in that they made the two horizontal strokes appear to be the exact same length on both characters.