The <rt> Tag in HTML 5
The <rt> tag is used to provide supplemental text for the base text inside a ruby element. It is one of the formatting tags in HTML 5. The supplemental text is used to provide an aid to reading the base text, such as:
- the pronunciation of the base text
- syllabic characters, used primarily in East Asian languages, such as the hiragana form of katakana text, called furigana in Japanese
- an alternate form of the base text, such as the romanji form of katakana text
It is also possible to use the image (<img>) tag to include images in either the base text or ruby annotations.
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This is an actual working example of the <rt> tag example code below, showing how the code looks in your browser. In a WebKit browser, such as Safari or Chrome, it looks like this:
In a browser that does not support the ruby element, the ruby text will be displayed with the <rp> ruby parenthesis like this:
