天鵞

Etymology
From compound. The second character has apparently been superseded in modern 🇨🇬 by the alternative form. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

This word appears in the 1734 work 本朝世事綺談 (Honchō Seji Kidan, “Embellished Tales of Everyday Japan”; also listed as 本朝世事談綺, with the last two characters swapped), in a description of the kanji spelling of.

Noun

 * 1)  a swan

Usage notes
This term has been replaced in modern Japanese by.

Derived terms

 * : velvet