HTML <rt> Tag
Definition and Usage
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 not support ruby annotations.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <rt> | 5.0 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 |
Global Attributes
The <rt> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <rt> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <rt> element with the following default values:
rt {
line-height: normal;
}
