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髫 · Ouyang Tong

Tiáo (2nd tone). The Shuowen defines 髫 as 「小兒垂結也」 — ‘a child’s hanging knot of hair’. It is phono-semantic: 髟 (long falling hair) gives the class, 召 the sound. In old China a child’s hair was left to hang unbound at the forehead, so 髫 came $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart