draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump
汲 centers on drawing liquid upward, especially water: scooping, ladling, or pumping it out. The core idea is lifting a fluid from a source.
汲 combines 氵 (water) with 及, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of reaching or drawing in. The character suggests reaching for water.
Water 氵 on the left and 及 (reach/extend) on the right: picture reaching into a well with a ladle to draw water up.
For キュウ, imagine a queue of people waiting to draw water from a well: queue -> キュウ, and each person scoops water in turn.
to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump
dipping up (night soil); scooping up
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to pump out
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up
diligent; absorbed (in something)
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
to draw off the top liquid
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with someone's feelings
drawing water
freshly drawn (water); fresh from the well
to draw (water); to fill (with water)
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to scoop out; to pump out
to apportion drawn water; to ladle into separate containers
outhouse (from which night-soil may be collected); privy
hole for pumping out a cesspool
person who gathers night soil
toilet (from which night-soil may be collected)
to empty out; to drain out; to pump dry
drawn water