272. One small addition to these characters would make them very different. How? 人+工+一 言+田+一 市+リ ⺾+口+ノ+⼇ 人+工+一+岡


Answer:

人+工+一  JIN, NIN, hito - person / KOU, KU - artisan, skill, work / ICHI, ITSU, hito(tsu) - one

言+田+一  GEN, GON, i(u), koto - say, speech / DEN, ta - paddy field / ICHI, ITSU, hito(tsu) - one

市+リ  SHI, ichi - city, market / Katakana "Ri"

⺾+口+ノ+⼇  The "Kusakanmuri" radical - grass / KOU, kuchi - mouth / Katakana "No" / The "Nabebuta" radical - lid, top

人+工+一+岡  JIN, NIN, hito - person / KOU, KU - artisan, skill, work / ICHI, ITSU, hito(tsu) - one / KOU, oka - hill

Add 小 (SHOU, chii(sai), ko - small) for a big change!

金  KIN, kane - gold

課  KA - section, lesson

刺  SHI, sa(su), sa(saru) - stick, stab, get stuck

菌  KIN - fungus, germ, bacteria

鋼  KOU, hagane - steel