Grey-haired elders and tufted children alike were happy and content.
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history
髫 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is best known from the line 垂髫 in Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring, and survives in 髫年 (childhood). It shares the 召 phonetic with 招.
register
Literary and classical only, encountered in old prose and etymology notes, not in modern speech.
