<rt>: The Ruby Text element

The HTML Ruby Text (<rt>) element specifies the ruby text component of a ruby annotation, which is used to provide pronunciation, translation, or transliteration information for East Asian typography. The <rt> element must always be contained within a <ruby> element.

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Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Example

This simple example provides Romaji transliteration for the kanji characters within the <ruby> element:

<ruby>
  漢 <rt>Kan</rt>
  字 <rt>ji</rt>
</ruby>

body {
  font-size: 22px;
}

The output looks like this in your browser:

On a browser without ruby support, this example might look like this:

漢 Kan 字 ji

body {
  font-size: 22px;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• <ruby>
• <rp>
• <rb>

• <rtc>