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<rt>

The <rt> 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.

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

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`

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

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

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

The output looks like this in your browser:

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

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<rt>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<rt>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
`rt`	5	79	38	5	15	5

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`rt`	Yes	Yes	38	14	Yes	Yes

<rt>

Attributes

Examples

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also