2329. One small addition to these characters would make them very different. How? 人+工+一+失 十+、+八 ⺓+色 又+土 、+U+己


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

十+、+八  JUU, tou, to - ten / Comma / HACHI, ya(ttsu), ya(tsu), ya, yo - eight

⺓+色  The "Itogashira" radical - young, slight / SHOKU, SHIKI, iro - colour, passion

又+土  mata - again, also, moreover / DO, tsuchi - earth, soil

、+U+己  Comma / Alphabet "U" / KO, KI, onore - self

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

鉄  TETSU - iron

求  KYUU, moto(meru) - request, demand

絶  ZETSU, ta(eru), ta(tsu), ta(yasu) - die out, end, cut off, interrupt, kill off

怪  KAI, aya(shii), aya(shimu) - dubious, suspicious, strange

忌  KI, i(mu), i(mawashii) - hate, loath, scandalous, ominous