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戲謔（上虛寄反下香䖈反毛詩云無敢戱豫傳曰戲豫逸豫也說文三軍之偏也從戈虛聲也經從虛作戱非也毛詩傳曰謔謔喜樂也又云善戲謔兮是也說文云謔亦戲也從言虐聲）。

Joking and bantering (戲謔): The upper character has the fanqie xu + ji (xì); the lower character has the fanqie xiang + nüe (xuè). The Mao Commentary to the Shijing says on ‘Dare not make sport or be at ease’: ‘Xìyù (戲豫) means idle ease.’ The Shuowen says: ‘A division of the three armies; it takes “halberd” (戈) with xū (虛) as phonetic.’ The sūtras writing it with xū as 戱 is incorrect. The Mao Commentary says: ‘Xuèxuè (謔謔) means joyful and happy.’ Also, ‘Good at teasing and joking’ refers to this. The Shuowen says: ‘Xuè also means play; it takes “speech” (言) with nüè (虐) as phonetic.’