I imagine context helps too, in the same way that we can generally distinguish I from l (lowercase L) and 1, even if in some fonts two or more may look identical. The same applies to O and 0, 3 and З (Cyrillic Z).
as beginner learner thats what i rely on most of the time. I wouldnt be able to tell those Kanji apart without any context, most of the time. But in a sentence I can easily rule out the other possible kanji / reading if I know them.
When I write in English I write my I and 1 and lowercase L very differently, specifically so they can be distinguished I write them more or less how they appear in Times New Roman font, where the I has the little seriphs and the one has its hook
@@kaylaa2204 Sure. Many people compensate for ambiguity with serifs or other disambiguating marks, but many people don't. I dash my 7s to increase their distinctiveness from the number 1, for example. In many people's handwriting, uppercase I, lowercase L and the number 1 are all a vertical line distinguished only by context. In my own writing, the lowercase L is distinct, but I do write both uppercase I and the number 1 as a single vertical stroke. Like you, I may add serifs to disambiguate - I will add serifs to the I if it's a Roman numeral, and I will add serifs to the 1 if it needs to be distinct from an I. But those are optional extras, and it's context that does the heavy lifting where there is ambiguity.
@@JT-2312 Yeah I imagine I don't think many people writing in Japanese even put that much effort into making sure characters like these are distinguishable, and it should be clear from context if it's in a sentence
@@yuhshasama Why? Because English is stupid, that’s why. Yes, it’s pronounced “kernel.” We borrowed it from the French who spelled it “coronel.” But Italians spell it “colonel” and they’re fancy so we kept the pronunciation but changed the spelling to the Italian one. 英語はバカのために。
They come from kanji so no. I think this channel has a video on the kanji and the kana. However since its been so long, some kanas diverged enough from they kanji they originated from