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revision: January 28, 2025

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"rt" tag : explanation or prononciation of characters in ruby annotation

The <rt> tag defines an explanation or pronunciation of characters (for East Asian typography) in a ruby annotation. Use <rt> together with <ruby> and <rp>: the "ruby" element consists of one or more characters that needs an explanation/pronunciation, and an "rt" element that gives that information, and an optional "rp" element that defines what to show for browsers that do not support ruby annotations.

Attributes: the <rt> element supports the global attributes and events attributes.

syntax

<rt> . . . </rt>

some examples

                    <ruby style="margin-left: 4vw;">
                        漢 <rt> ㄏㄢˋ </rt>
                    </ruby>    
                

                    <ruby style="margin-left: 4vw;">
                        漢 <rp>(</rp><rt>Kan</rt><rp>)</rp>
                        字 <rp>(</rp><rt>ji</rt><rp>)</rp>
                    </ruby>