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You are right that ◯ is used here to mask a letter.
There are several related but different reasons as to why one would do this. The comment section already refers to one such use, where certain words are deemed inappropriate (especially on broadcasting), the equivalent of f*ck. But I don't think that explains this one.
In this case, I think the intention ...
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The choice of radicals (部首{ぶしゅ}) as in the dictionary radicals (as opposed to any other selection of components), comes from Chinese and presumably was adopted alongside the kanji themselves.
The first source to use radicals was a second-century Chinese dictionary called Shuōwén Jiězì (說文解字 - in Japanese 説文解字{せつもんかいじ}). This included 540 radicals. The set ...
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As a general rule...
You will you ON readings for numbers most of the time when using specific counters. As @summea mentioned, there are numerous times when certain numbers have alternate pronunciations.
You will use the KUN readings when specifically using the "generic" counter (一つ, 二つ, 三つ, ...).
Then there is a third group of counters that use KUN for ...
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There will be times where you'll want to use both ON and KUN readings for numerals in different situations.
For example, when you are counting objects, you might be using KUN readings, like this:
一つ{ひとつ}、二つ{ふたつ}、三つ{みっつ}
If you were looking at months of the year (January, February, March, etc.) you would most likely be using ON readings, like this:
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re: カ (katakana) and 力 (kanji)
Well, I can normally distinguish them quite well. Now, that is. When you draw an imaginary basic bottom line to the kana per line, the chikara kanji normally looks a bit as if it is too far below, by fractions of an inch; whilst the katakana ka does not cross that line by any means.
Hmm, do I have some back up? Yes I do. I had ...
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