Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products method for generating one or more new glyphs by combining one or more available radicals. The computer-implemented method includes receiving, using a processor, a glyph determined to be unavailable for a character representation within text. The processor identifies one or more structures and radicals associated with the unavailable glyph for the character. The processor further searches for a replacement glyph or portions thereof from a group of available glyphs. The processor combines the replacement glyph or portions thereof to form a new glyph. The processor further replaces the unavailable glyph with the new glyph. The processor further displays the new glyph in the text at a location associated with the unavailable glyph.