U+7340 "獀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7340 "獀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to search" or "to hunt," often appearing in classical texts to describe the act of seeking out quarry or scouring an area. In modern usage, it is rare and largely confined to historical or literary contexts, where it retains its association with ancient hunting practices. The character is composed of the radical for "dog" or "beast" (犭) on the left, indicating its connection to animals or pursuit, and a phonetic component on the right that provides its pronunciation, typically read as "sōu" in Mandarin Chinese. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it represents a shared character across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts, though it holds limited relevance in everyday contemporary writing.