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<rt>: The Ruby Text element

The <rt> HTML 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.

Try it

See the article about the <ruby> element for more examples.

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

Using ruby annotations

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

html

<ruby><rt>Kan</rt><rt>ji</rt> </ruby>

Result

Technical summary

Content categories None.
Permitted content Phrasing content.
Tag omission The end tag may be omitted if the <rt> element is immediately followed by an <rt> or <rp> element, or if there is no more content in the parent element
Permitted parents A <ruby> element.
Implicit ARIA role No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles Any
DOM interface HTMLElement

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
rt 5 79 38 5 15 5 4.4 18 38 14 4.2 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/rt