<rp>

Summary

The HTML <rp> element is used to provide fall-back parenthesis for browsers non-supporting ruby annotations. Ruby annotations are for showing pronounciation of East Asian characters, like using Japanese furigana or Taiwainese bopomofo characters. The <rp> element is used in the case of lack of <ruby> element support its content has what should be displayed in order to indicate the presence of a ruby annotation, usually parentheses.

• Content categories None.
• Permitted content Phrasing content.
• Tag omission None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
• Permitted parent elements A <ruby> element. <rp> must be positioned immediately before or after an <rt> element.
• DOM interface HTMLElement

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Example

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• <ruby>
• <rt>