<rt>: The Ruby Text element

BaselineWidely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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

<ruby>  漢 <rp>(</rp><rt>kan</rt><rp>)</rp> 字 <rp>(</rp><rt>ji</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>

ruby {  font-size: 2em;}

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

Attributes

This element only includes theglobal attributes.

Examples

Using ruby annotations

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

html

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

body {  font-size: 22px;}

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`