対 face-to-face, counterpart, a couple, to form a pair, to correspond, respond, answer or reply to stimulus; versus, confront, correct methodology, the right way to do 文,亠,メ,寸,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

タイ　･　ツイ
TA　I　･　TSU　I

Kun-yomi

あいて　･　こた(える　･　そろ(い　･　つれあ(い　･　なら(ぶ　･　むか(う
a　i　te　･　ko　ta　e　ru　･　so　ro　i　･　tsu　re　a　i　･　na　ra　bu　･　mu　ka　u

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文

ブン,モン,ふみ,あや intricate; gentle and soft strokes; literary, text; palming and whacking

　PALM DOWN, HEAD with CROSSING HANDS or WHACKING MOTIONS
　

亠

トウ,× emphasis on rod, palming, under control, covered

　THIS IS THE POINT emphasis on ROD, SEGMENT, ARRAY, INDICATES EXTENT
　

メ

× HTML entity: メ soft spot; become closed; weave, woven; fontanelle

　the HEAD with marker in center
　

寸

スン,× squeezing grip, feeling the flow of fluids pumping, firmly holding above the elbow while measuring someone's throbbing heartbeat or pulse, ancient unit of measure (approximately an inch, 2.5 cm), careful hands

　ONE, ARRAY OF ITEMS, ROD HORIZONTAL with STREAM and emphasis marker below rod
　

Meanings of elements

INTRICATE GENTLE SOFT STROKES, PALMING AND WHACKING with SQUEEZING GRIP FEELING THE FLOW OF FLUIDS PUMPING, FIRM HOLD, THROBBING PULSATING, UNIT OF MEASURE (APPROXIMATELY AN INCH, 2.5 CM), CAREFUL HANDS
…or: EMPHASIS ON ROD, THE HEAD OF SOMETHING and WEAVING with SQUEEZING GRIP, FEEL OF FLUIDS PUMPING

Depicting the CORRECT METHODOLOGY, THE RIGHT WAY to do something. A PAIR, FACE-TO-FACE with all the connotations that implies, noting that pairs are comprised of two like-kind things (such as socks, gloves, pants, pliers, homo-sexual), and also of two things fitting together that could be opposites (such as male and female genital anatomy, hetero-sexual). CONFRONTING each other in a VERSUS sort of interaction as STIMULUS AND RESPONSE, an ANSWER or REPLY:「gentle strokes, palming and petting」(of a female, perhaps) with「squeezing grip」(on a male, it would seem).
　Note the replacement elements in Chinese are「crotch(es) with squeezing grip」(对), and that an older version uses elements of「two exploding shafts with sheep in squeezing grip」(see 對) or the「business of tupping sheep」with the explanation left to the reader's vivid imagination for this matter.
　According to scholars, describes some sort of complicated hanging gong-like, musical instrument that required fine adjustments to both sides in order to maintain balance (maybe so).

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: old variant of 對|对
Japanese: opposite, opposition, versus, vs, to, equal footing, equal terms, against …, anti-, toward …, to …, pair, couple, set, antithesis, counter for items that come in pairs, counter for sets, to face, to go towards, to be facing, to be directed toward, to be in response to, to be related to, to receive, to compare with, to contrast with, to be in opposition with, to be opposed to, to confront, to oppose, to compete with, to form a pair, to correspond, in regard to, per, paraplegia, to pair up, to act as an opposite, to form a counterpart, act as a twin
Unihan extended: correct, right; facing, opposed
EDRDG: vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare

Used within names (nanori)
つし

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.