Component 曾 a cooker for steaming food

component 曾

曾, originally a cooker for steaming food, serves as phonetic component and combines with other radicals to form new characters.

In modern Chinese,曾 means: once, ever.

Characters formed by the phonetic component 曾

增 缯 罾 磳 橧 熷 璔 矰 zēng
赠 憎 甑 zèng
僧 鬙 sēng
竲 嶒 céng
潧 蹭 噌 zhēn cèng cēng