Bar-code hairstyle is a term used by Japanese students to describe a style in which a man’s last few strands¹ of hair are combed across the top of his head, thus resembling a bar-code pattern.

 

日本学生用bar-code hairstyle来形容男士将头顶仅有的几缕头发梳开盖住头顶的发型，因形状类似条形码而被称为“条形码发型”。

 

For example:

If she thinks her father, who wears shorts and shades and takes pictures of SMAP for a living, is uncool, how would she feel if he sported a “bar code” hairstyle and pushed papers at the local ward² office?

如果她觉得她爸爸穿着短裤、戴着墨镜，靠追拍SMAP的照片谋生一点都不酷，那如果她爸爸梳着条形码发型，整天坐在办公室处理各种文件，她会怎么想？