There are two main types of chirashi-gaki, one where it is separated into upper and lower or right and left parts and the other where four or five lines are written broader in the upper part and narrower in the lower part like the bones of a fan.
散らし方に大体2通りあり、1つは上下または左右に2段に分けて散らしたもの、1つは4行または5行を扇の骨のように上を広く下を狭く書いている。