尸

It is a pictograph depicting a person lying down horizontally, representing a corpse.

When used as a radical, it generally conveys meanings related to parts of the body or footwear.

It is also sometimes used interchangeably with 广 to denote meanings related to houses or roofs.

Characters like 屎 (feces), 尿 (urine), and 屁 (fart) use this radical and relate to human or animal excrement.