Thanks for the suggestion; ultimately, the reason why both of these suggestions aren’t the ideal scenario for me is that they both provide undesirable SRS context to my review session for lower than enlightened items. To label it as a personal problem isn’t inaccurate, but even on a larger screen I can see the review state in the peripheral vision on the text line.
If I cannot make the distinction between two similar-looking Kanji, one being new while the other is relatively old, the SRS indicator gives me an unwanted hint. Granted, this would obviously occur at the burn level with my request, but at the burn level the beauty of the SRS should alleviate the concerns of having the icon present.
The concept of sorting my reviews by SRS is similar in this regard, where I feel that the randomness and possible mixing of similar looking Kanji at random SRS intervals more closely resembles the goal of being able to read and comprehend full texts.