拯

to raise / to aid / to support / to save / to rescue

拯 character breakdown

拯
- 丞
  - 一
  - 氶
    - 乛
    - 水
      - 丿
      - 亅
      - ㇏
      - ㇇
    - ㇖
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

deputy

丞 = 一 + 氶 : The deputy (丞) find Charlie Chaplin's (ch) flute (一) lying around in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She wants to try it out, but accidentally knocks over Charlie's precious 氶 water bottle (氶). Charlie gets furious and shoots the deputy, but he doesn't shoot the sheriff.

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.