> E.g. ever wonder why things that have to do with body parts and organs have a moon radical associated with them? That's because of a conflation of two separate radicals (moon radical and meat radical) that were distinct in Qin Dynasty seal script.
They're distinct in modern Chinese too, if you look closely.
Indeed it is! Although that's actually a later re-invention of modern fonts rather than a preservation of a continuous tradition and is not consistent because it cannot be since there are multiple potential ancestors of 月 (e.g. 朋, which does not preserve its seal script roots in any modern font I know of).
They're distinct in modern Chinese too, if you look closely.
(And if you use a Taiwanese font.)