During the Kanji 18 test I came across this more than once. The choices 持って contain both もって ＆ まって… - Feed Post from MintyHippo to beeant
During the Kanji 18 test I came across this more than once. The choices 持って contain both もって ＆ まって , essentially making it a guess as to which one the question is asking for.
posted by MintyHippo
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The kanji aren't the same though, look at the first radical on the left.- 待って(to wait) and 持って(to hold, own possess) are not the same.
the radicals are different on the kanji- got fooled by that once
we really need to pay attention to kanji 
Oh wow! ahahah I definitely need to pay closer attention...
Thank you for pointing that out by the way, I probably never would have noticed.
侍 "Samurai" is a nice one too. He doens´t "wait" 待 for the first slash (stroke).- Samurai and Wait aren't the same kanji either, so I don't know what you are going for there.
It's just a mnemonic to tell them apart- @nachsieben I haven't seen the kanji samurai yet but I really like that way to remember the difference.
- @FalconKrunch Except, for that single stroke that make them different. ~"Who needs mnemonics, anyway?"~
- @MintyHippo Another thing that was also usefull for me, was noticing that the diffent radical in 持 possess is related to 手 hand .
(Citation needed). :)
http://www.mahou.org/Kanji/3B7D/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jōyō_kanji 
Yes, nachsieben san is correct. When you learn the word, 部首(a radical of a Chinese character) sometimes helps you remember some kanji.
If you're familiar with how Heisig names radicals, it's easy to remember, since you hold with your fingers (扌).
