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Unordinary question about a Chinese character

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Look at this character:

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As you see, it is almost symmetrical, except that there is a tiny, very short horizontal line (a little like a barb) in the bottom right corner of the character. Now my question:

What would happen if you remove the tiny, very short horizontal line from the character -- so that the character becomes fully symmetrical? Would you Chinese speakers and readers still recognize it as a same character? Especially if it is among other Chinese characters?

Is it lese majesty to stylise the character so that it becomes symmetrical?

Thank you.

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