2947. One small addition to these characters would make them very different. How? ⺾+八+八+白+一 昔 ⺓+⼹+ノ+ノ+ノ 石+一+木+疋 木+T+人+女

⺾+八+八+白+一 The "Kusakanmuri" radical - grass / HACHI, ya(ttsu), ya(tsu), ya, yo - eight / HAKU, BYAKU, shiro(i), shira - white / ICHI, ITSU, hito(tsu) - one

昔 SEKI, SHAKU, mukashi - antiquity, long ago

⺓+⼹+ノ+ノ+ノ The "Itogashira" radical - young, slight / The "Keigashira" radical - pig's head / Katakana "No" or The "No" radical - diagonal sweeping stroke

石+一+木+疋 SEKI, SHAKU, ishi - stone / ICHI, ITSU, hito(tsu) - one / MOKU, BOKU, ki - tree / HITSU, SHO, SO, ashi, hiki - leg

木+T+人+女 MOKU, BOKU, ki - tree / Alphabet "T" / JIN, NIN, hito - person / JO, NYO, NYOU, onna, me - female, woman

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

薬 YAKU, kusuri - medicine, healing

惜 SEKI, o(shii), o(shimu) - regrettable, precious, regret

縁 EN, fuchi - relationship, connection, border

礎 SO, ishizue - cornerstone, foundation

楼 ROU - tower, turret, lookout