<p>In ancient time Chinese people were creating new characters. Now they don't. Only new chemical elements create new character.</p>

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  <p>What are the rules, what is not allowed, what is allowed?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>六書造字原則 is one of the rules.</p>

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  <p>Who is allowed to create one? How do you associate a sound with it too? Is it free to create your own?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>As far as I know, empirer and his government was allowed to create. 武則天 created 曌 for her own name. There were government officers who controlled the writing system. They might work on characters.</p>

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Would it be possible to [edit] in reliable references to support the first claim?
Becky 李蓓
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Bob Johnson
<p>What is the process for introducing a new Chinese character with custom meaning? What are the rules, what is not allowed, what is allowed? Who is allowed to create one? How do you associate a sound with it too? Is it free to create your own?</p>

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Do these threads not answer your questions: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/817/4136 && https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/22056/4136?
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How are new Chinese characters created?
# How are new Chinese characters created?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-03)

What is the process for introducing a new Chinese character with custom meaning? What are the rules, what is not allowed, what is allowed? Who is allowed to create one? How do you associate a sound with it too? Is it free to create your own?

**Tags:** characters, simplified-characters, orthography

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do these threads not answer your questions: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/817/4136 && https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/22056/4136?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-01-05. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

In ancient time Chinese people were creating new characters. Now they don't. Only new chemical elements create new character.

> What are the rules, what is not allowed, what is allowed?

六書造字原則 is one of the rules.

> Who is allowed to create one? How do you associate a sound with it too? Is it free to create your own?

As far as I know, empirer and his government was allowed to create. 武則天 created 曌 for her own name. There were government officers who controlled the writing system. They might work on characters.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Would it be possible to [edit] in reliable references to support the first claim?  

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