to admonish / variant of 證|证[zheng4]
certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm / variant of 症[zheng4]

= + : James II of England (zh) is not allowed to stay any longer in the engine, so in the bathroom ((e)ng4) he forges a visa (证) so he can stay. On an advertising column (讠) he scribbles his fake visa, but (like me) he sucks at drawing, so he is only able to draw a stick figure (正) where his photo should go.

证 character breakdown

first month of the lunar year
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a stick-figure with straight lines. James II of England (zh) really has to use the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but there's a stick-figure (正) blocking the stalls with a barrier (止). The stick-figure measures with a flute (一) whether James is tall enough to go. James stands very straight (正) to make himself as tall as possible.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 证 as component

证 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 证

to bear witness; to testify / to serve as evidence
earnest money / cash deposit / bail / margin (in derivative trading)
witness testimony
example / case in point
evidence / proof / to confirm / corroboration
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) / abbr. to 證監會|证监会[Zheng4 jian1 hui4]
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) / abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会
human testimony and material evidence
in support or witness hereof (idiom)
instrument of credit / letter of credit / see also 信用證|信用证[xin4 yong4 zheng4] / CL:張|张[zhang1]
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), abbr. for 上海證券交易所|上海证券交易所[Shang4 hai3 Zheng4 quan4 Jiao1 yi4 suo3]

Sentences with 证

证 currently does not appear in any sentence.