salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
救 centers on pulling someone or something out of danger or difficulty: saving, rescuing, or helping. The idea of reclaiming extends this to restoring what was lost or in trouble.
救 combines 求 (seek, request) with 攵 (action hand), suggesting the act of reaching out to help or save someone in need.
The left side 求 looks like a person reaching out for help, and the right side 攵 is a hand taking action. Together they show a hand reaching out to save someone.
For キュウ, imagine a rescue team shouting 'Cue you!' as they pull someone to safety: cue you -> キュウ, and the hand 攵 reaches out to save.
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to relieve (from)
first-aid; emergency (aid)
relief; aid; rescue
help; rescue; aid; relief
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
relief; aid; help; rescue
lifesaving
relief; rescue
saviour; savior; messiah
rescue; salvage
relief; aid
salvation
to rescue; to free
savior; saviour; rescuer; messiah
life jacket; life vest
salvation of one's country
relief squad; rescue party
poor relief
Licensed Agency for Relief of Asia (LARA)
Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo