U+72FF "狿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+72FF "狿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a character from the set of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean ideographs, representing a rare or archaic term that appears in classical texts. Its meaning is generally associated with a mythical beast or a type of animal, often described in ancient Chinese lexicons as a creature resembling a fox or a wild dog, sometimes linked to legends about a long-tailed canine or a beast that preys on other animals. The character is composed of the radical 犬 (dog) on the left, indicating its connection to animals, and the phonetic component 延 on the right, which suggests its pronunciation in Middle Chinese. While not commonly used in modern writing, it occasionally surfaces in scholarly discussions of mythology, paleography, or historical literature.