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<rp>: The Ruby Fallback Parenthesis element - HTML | MDN
<rp>: The Ruby Fallback Parenthesis element
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The <rp> HTML element is used to provide fall-back parentheses for browsers that do not support display of ruby annotations using the <ruby> element. One <rp> element should enclose each of the opening and closing parentheses that wrap the <rt> element that contains the annotation's text.
Try it
<ruby>
漢 <rp>(</rp><rt>kan</rt><rp>)</rp> 字 <rp>(</rp><rt>ji</rt><rp>)</rp>
</ruby>
ruby {
font-size: 2em;
}
Attributes
This element only includes the global attributes.
Usage notes
- Ruby annotations are for showing pronunciation of East Asian characters, like using Japanese furigana or Taiwanese bopomofo characters. The
<rp>element is used in the case of lack of<ruby>element support; the<rp>content provides what should be displayed in order to indicate the presence of a ruby annotation, usually parentheses.
Examples
Using ruby annotations
This example uses ruby annotations to display the Romaji equivalents for each character.
html
<ruby>
漢 <rp>(</rp><rt>Kan</rt><rp>)</rp> 字 <rp>(</rp><rt>ji</rt><rp>)</rp>
</ruby>
body {
font-size: 22px;
}
Result
See the article about the <ruby> element for further examples.
Without ruby support
If your browser does not support ruby annotations, the result looks like this instead:
漢 (Kan) 字 (ji)
body {
font-size: 22px;
}
Technical summary
| Content categories | None. |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Text |
| Tag omission |
The end tag can be omitted if the element is immediately followed by an
<rt> or another <rp> element,
or if there is no more content in the parent element.
|
| Permitted parents |
A <ruby> element. <rp> must
be positioned immediately before or after an
<rt> element.
|
| Implicit ARIA role | No corresponding role |
| Permitted ARIA roles | Any |
| DOM interface | HTMLElement |
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # the-rp-element |
Browser compatibility
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