Although mage (a chignon) itself is almost the same as in boys' hairstyle, the most distinctive feature of girls' hair is that the forelocks are widely brought up from above the outer ends of the eyebrows (there are also many cases in which a small mage is worn at the top of the bobbed hair, and for very young girls sometimes the forelocks were not brought up).
髷自体は少年の髪形と殆ど同じだが、前髪を眉尻の上辺りから広くとって上に上げるのが最大の特徴(おかっぱ頭の頭頂部に小さな髷を結う場合も多い、また幼い少女向きに前髪をとらないかたちもあった)。