U+72D0 "狐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+72D0 "狐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "fox," representing the cunning, swift animal commonly featured in East Asian folklore and literature. As a logogram used in written Chinese, Japanese (as a kanji), and Korean (as a hanja), it combines the radical for "dog" or "animal" (犭) with the phonetic component "瓜," reflecting its composition as a pictophonetic character. In cultural contexts, "狐" is deeply symbolic, often associated with intelligence, mystery, and transformation, most notably in stories of the nine-tailed fox (huli jing in Chinese or kitsune in Japanese) that can shapeshift and possess supernatural powers. The character frequently appears in idioms and phrases, such as "狐假虎威" meaning "borrowing a fox's might from a tiger's terror," which illustrates reliance on others' power.