体中

Compound of 体 (karada, “body”) +‎ 中 (-jū, “throughout”). The chū changes to jū as an instance of rendaku (連濁). 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”.

• Yutōyomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠da̠ʑɨᵝː]

• 身体中 (less common)

体中 (hiragana からだじゅう, rōmaji karadajū)

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

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

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

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠it͡ɕɨᵝː]

体中 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 體中, hiragana たいちゅう, rōmaji taichū)

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