surname Zeng
once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: I think 曾 just looks like a firefly, with the head (with two feelers) at the top and the glowing body at the bottom.

The firefly is selling aloe vera out of a big wooden box in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. With a big microphone it is advertising the aloe. As it sees a mean crocodile and the King of Chu starting a big fight for the aloe, the firefly is very excited and states that it has never ever seen something like this before.
great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)

曾 character breakdown

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).
to speak / to say

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a microphone.

Yu the Great (yu) is selling flutes (一) in front of the elevator (e1). He has a whole box (囗) of them, and he's advertising them by using a microphone (曰).
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: ⺌ looks a bit like an aloe vera plant. Marie Curie planted aloe vera plants in the aorta's living room.
eight; 8

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

Characters with 曾 as component

large square net
lofty / precipitous
not yet (Wu dialect)
dwelling on top of wooden stakes
arrow with a streamer
short hair / unkempt

Words with 曾

hasn't yet / hasn't ever
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
great-grandson
Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]
Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]

Sentences with 曾

xiǎo
shén
wèi
céng
yuǎn
yíng
 
 
yǒu
zuì
yǒu
zuì