Hairstyles of East Asia
18 hairstyles from East Asia on EveryHairstyle so far.
🇰🇷 South KoreaHwagwan
Elaborate Korean ceremonial coronet for womenWrapped · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaBinyeo
A traditional Korean hairpin used to secure chignons and signal social status.Adorned
🇯🇵 JapanKanzashi
Traditional Japanese hair ornaments made from metal, wood, silk, or folded fabric.Adorned
🇰🇷 South KoreaDaenggi
A traditional Korean ribbon used to tie and decorate braided hair.Adorned
🇰🇷 South KoreaGache
A heavy traditional Korean wig worn by high-status women and kisaeng.Wrapped · Any hair · 1788
🇯🇵 JapanTsunokakushi
A white silk headdress worn by Shinto brides in Japan to cover the hairline.Wrapped
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBuyao
A Chinese hairpin with dangling ornaments that sway when the wearer moves.Adorned · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaJokduri
A traditional Korean silk coronet worn by women for weddings and formal events.Wrapped · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
🇨🇳 ChinaQueue
A historical hairstyle featuring a shaved forehead and a long braided tail of hair.Braid · 1645
🇯🇵 JapanChonmage
Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.Updo · Straight hair · 1603
🇯🇵 JapanHime cut
A Japanese style with straight cheek-length sidelocks and long back hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles characterized by elaborate updos, side wings, and wax styling.Updo · Straight hair
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇰🇷 South KoreaSangtu
Traditional Korean topknot worn by married men.Updo · Any hair · 57
🇨🇳 ChinaLiangbatou
A tall Manchu headdress featuring two side-parted hair sections and elaborate ornamentation.Wrapped
🇯🇵 JapanFrench twist
An elegant updo where hair is twisted vertically against the head.Updo · Any hair · 1940
🇰🇷 South KoreaBinyeo
A traditional Korean hairpin used to secure chignons and signal social status.Adorned
🇯🇵 JapanKanzashi
Traditional Japanese hair ornaments made from metal, wood, silk, or folded fabric.Adorned
🇰🇷 South KoreaDaenggi
A traditional Korean ribbon used to tie and decorate braided hair.Adorned
🇰🇷 South KoreaGache
A heavy traditional Korean wig worn by high-status women and kisaeng.Wrapped · Any hair · 1788
🇯🇵 JapanTsunokakushi
A white silk headdress worn by Shinto brides in Japan to cover the hairline.Wrapped
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBuyao
A Chinese hairpin with dangling ornaments that sway when the wearer moves.Adorned · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaJokduri
A traditional Korean silk coronet worn by women for weddings and formal events.Wrapped · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
🇨🇳 ChinaQueue
A historical hairstyle featuring a shaved forehead and a long braided tail of hair.Braid · 1645
🇯🇵 JapanChonmage
Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.Updo · Straight hair · 1603
🇯🇵 JapanHime cut
A Japanese style with straight cheek-length sidelocks and long back hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles characterized by elaborate updos, side wings, and wax styling.Updo · Straight hair
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇰🇷 South KoreaSangtu
Traditional Korean topknot worn by married men.Updo · Any hair · 57
🇨🇳 ChinaLiangbatou
A tall Manchu headdress featuring two side-parted hair sections and elaborate ornamentation.Wrapped
🇯🇵 JapanFrench twist
An elegant updo where hair is twisted vertically against the head.Updo · Any hair · 1940
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Binyeo: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Hime cut: kxz Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kanzashi: Anonymous ( Japan ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Daenggi: Korean_Folk_Village-Women_in_hanbok-02.jpg : parhessiastes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gache: KIYOUNG KIM, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tsunokakushi: Flickr user Photocapy, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Buyao: anonymous, Public domain, source
- Jokduri: derivative work: Caspian blue ( talk ) Korean_dance-Jinju_pogurakmu-01, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source
- Queue: Lai Afong, Public domain, source
- Nihongami: 都新聞社 Miyako Shinbun, Public domain, source
- Sangtu: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Liangbatou: Daderot, Public domain, source
- French twist: SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, source