U+72EA "狪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+72EA "狪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that is composed of the radical for "dog" or "animal" (犭) on the left and the phonetic component "同" (tóng) on the right, suggesting a pronunciation related to tóng or dòng in Mandarin. In classical Chinese texts, the character "狪" has been recorded with meanings associated with a type of wild animal or beast, specifically a creature described in ancient dictionaries like the Erya, where it refers to a legendary beast said to have a human face and a pig's bristles. While it is not commonly encountered in modern Chinese writing or everyday vocabulary, this character appears occasionally in historical or mythological contexts.