体中

Compound of 体(からだ) (karada, “body”) + 中(ちゅう) (-chū, “throughout”, rendaku form 中(じゅう) (jū)). The chū changes to jū as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). The 中 character is often read as chū in compounds, with a meaning of “middle; inside, within”, but when read as jū with rendaku, the meaning shifts to “throughout, all over”.

• (Tokyo) からだじゅう [kàrádájúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠da̠ʑɨː]

体(からだ)中(じゅう) • (karadajū) ^{←からだぢゆう (karadadyuu)?}

1. throughout the body, from head to foot, all over

May be from Middle Chinese compound 體中 (MC thejX trjuwng, literally “body + center; within”).

Alternatively, may be a Japanese coinage using Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 体(たい) (tai, “body”) + 中(ちゅう) (chū, “within, inside”).

• (Tokyo) たいちゅう [tàíchúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠it͡ɕɨː]

体(たい)中(ちゅう) • (taichū) ^{←たいちゆう (taityuu)?}

1. the inside of the body, somewhere inside the body