salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
給 centers on providing something to someone: giving a salary or wage, granting a gift, or bestowing an allowance. The underlying idea is a transfer of resources from one party to another.
給 combines 糸 (thread) with 合 (join, fit), suggesting the idea of joining threads or supplying what is needed. The modern meanings of salary, gift, and granting likely developed from the concept of providing or supplying.
The left side 糸 represents thread, and the right side 合 means to join or fit. Picture joining threads together to create a gift, or weaving a salary from the threads of work.
For キュウ, imagine a queue of people waiting to receive their salary: queue -> キュウ, and each person is granted their wages.
salary; wages; pay
supply; provision
supply; supplying; replenishment
hourly pay; hourly wage
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
pay; salary; wages
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
provision (of money or goods); furnishing; conferral; payment; delivery; benefit
salaried; paid; with pay
receiving payments (pension, ration)
refueling (a car, plane, etc.)
distribution (e.g. films, rice)
monthly salary
water supply; supplied water; water refill
daily wages
salary raise
self-support
supply and demand
high salary
unpaid; nonsalaried
issuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing
pay cut; salary cut
pension (esp. public servant's)
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay