病 bìng — illness; disease

A way to remember it

疒 is a person lying on a bed, drawn on its side; 丙 gives the sound. Every illness character on this site — 疼, 疲, 瘦 — starts from that bed.

A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.

Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.