Hairstyles of East Asia
30 hairstyles from East Asia on EveryHairstyle so far.
🇰🇷 South KoreaBinyeo
A traditional Korean hairpin used to secure chignons and signal social status.Adorned
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇨🇳 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
🇨🇳 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
🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm
Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960
🇯🇵 JapanMizura
Ancient Japanese hairstyle with side locksStyled · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaTwo-block haircut
Long textured top with short tapered sidesCut · Straight hair
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
- Queue: Lai Afong, Public domain, source
- Sangtu: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Punch perm: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source