Name
rp — HTML5
Synopsis
<rp> . . . </rp>
Used within the ruby element
to provide parentheses around ruby
text to be shown by user agents that don’t support ruby
annotations.
Notes
HTML5 only.
Start/End Tags
Required/Required
Attributes
HTML5 Global Attributes
Example
See also the ruby listing.
In the following example, a browser that cannot display ruby
annotation would display the rt
content in parentheses after the ideograph:
<ruby> 汉 <rp>(</rp><rt>hàn</rt><rp>)</rp> 字 <rp>(</rp><rt>zì</rt><rp>)</rp> </ruby>
This example was taken from the HTML5 Working Draft at whatwg.com, used with permission under an MIT License.
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