体中
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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体 | 中 |
からだ Grade: 2 |
ちゅう > じゅう Grade: 1 |
yutōyomi |
Alternative spelling |
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體中 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology 1
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”.
Alternative forms
- 身体中 (less common)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠da̠ʑɨᵝː]
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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体 | 中 |
たい Grade: 2 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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體中 (kyūjitai) |
May be from Middle Chinese compound 體/体中 (thejX 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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ta̠it͡ɕɨᵝː]
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