1653. One small addition to these characters would make them very different. How? ⺓+勺 ト+、+八+ン+二 言+一+T 木+十+田 T+人+量


Answer:

⺓+勺  The "Itogashira" radical - young, slight / SHAKU - unit of volume

ト+、+八+ン+二  Katakana "To" or The "Boku" radical - oracle / Comma / Katakana "Ha" or HACHI, ya(ttsu), ya(tsu), ya, yo - eight / Katakana "N" or The "Nisui" radical - ice / NI, futa(tsu), futa - two

言+一+T  GEN, GON, i(u), koto - say, speech / ICHI, ITSU, hito(tsu) - one / Alphabet "T"

木+十+田  MOKU, BOKU, ki - tree / JUU, tou, to - ten / DEN, ta - paddy field

T+人+量  Alphabet "T" / JIN, NIN, hito - person / RYOU, haka(ru) - quantity, measure, weigh

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

約  YAKU - approximately, promise

祭  SAI, matsu(ru), matsu(ri) - deify, worship, festival

評  HYOU - criticism, comment

棟  TOU, mune, muna - ridge of a roof

糧  RYOU, ROU, kate - food, provisions