Comment 1 for bug 255908

A quick search on wwwjdic shows these (× and ○) very little used in actual words. I have seen them used to replace a syllable in e.g. the name of a real-life anime, when referenced in manga or games. Perhaps they should be treated as wildcards, in order to facilitate finding the word that was intended? Of course that being successful would depend on the word with the replaced syllable being a real word, and not something like 'Gundam', but I guess you see my point.