一切經音義 4.113

4.113

俳優 [actors and jesters] (The first character has the fanqie [敗+埋] pái. The Shuowen says: playfulness and laughter; it is composed of 'person' with an abbreviated pái phonetic. The second character has the fanqie [憶+鳩] yōu. The Cang Jie pian says: páiyōu are musicians and entertainers. Gu Yewang says: playfulness and laughter made by entertainers to bring joy. The Shuowen says: pái means playful mockery; yōu means entertainer. Both are phono-semantic characters with the 'person' radical. In the sūtra text it is written with 'hand' or with 'step' as 徘𢖒; both are incorrect).