Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) 瘢 Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 778, Entry 15 Pronounced pan. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states: A wound. Xu says: When a wound has healed, the remaining mark is called a scar (ban). Yupian (Yupian) states: A scar from a sore. Shiming (Shiming) states: The word ban means spread (man). It is a spread that forms on the skin. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Ma Yuan: The King of Wu was fond of swordsmen, so the common people often had scars from wounds. Also, a scar on a horse's back is called a banqi. Yang Xiong, Changyang Fu: With blades scarred and pitted, metal arrowheads overflowing and destroyed. The commentary notes: Banqi refers to the scars left by wounds on a horse's back. The original character was written using the character for mouth and the character for yuan (yan).