Difference Between 末 and 未?

[tmninja]

I’m not sure if there’s already been a thread on this, and if there has then I apologize for reopening an old topic, but-

These two look almost the exact same to me. Does anyone have any mnemonics or ways that they tell the difference between them?

[Belthazar]

The top bar of まつ is longer. My mnemonic is that it starts off as a tree 木 and then starts growing a second branch above the first. When it looks like 未, it’s not yet full grown, but when it looks like 末, it’s reached the end.

[Amenophyckxs]

That’s pretty much how I remember it too.