<rtc>: The Ruby Text Container element

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see thecompatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The<rtc>HTML element embraces semantic annotations of characters presented in a ruby of<rb> elements used inside of<ruby> element.<rb> elements can have both pronunciation (<rt>) and semantic (<rtc>) annotations.

Try it

<ruby lang="zh-Hant">  <rbc>    <rb>馬</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>mǎ</rt><rp>)</rp>    <rb>來</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>lái</rt><rp>)</rp>    <rb>西</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>xī</rt><rp>)</rp>    <rb>亞</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>yà</rt><rp>)</rp>  </rbc>  <rtc lang="en">    <rp>(</rp><rt>Malaysia</rt><rp>)</rp>  </rtc></ruby>

ruby {  font-size: 2em;  ruby-position: under;}rtc {  ruby-position: over;}

Attributes

This element only includes theglobal attributes.

Examples

html

<div>  <ruby>    <rbc>      <rb>旧</rb><rt>jiù</rt> <rb>金</rb><rt>jīn</rt> <rb>山</rb><rt>shān</rt>    </rbc>    <rtc>San Francisco</rtc>  </ruby></div>

.info {  padding-top: 10px;  font-size: 36px;}

Result

Technical summary

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	Phrasing content or`<rt>` elements.
Tag omission	The closing tag can be omitted if it is immediately followed by a`<rb>`,`<rtc>` or`<rt>` element opening tag or by its parent closing tag.
Permitted parents	A`<ruby>` element.
Permitted ARIA roles	Any
DOM interface	`HTMLElement`