HTML Ruby Tag

In HTML, the <ruby> tag is used for ruby annotation.

• For the representation of East Asian Characters, Ruby Annotations are used.
• Ruby annotations indicated by <ruby> tag are small extra text and this is attached with the main text; the main text indicates the meaning of the corresponding characters.
• The <ruby> tag is used among two other tags <rt> and <rp> tags
• The <ruby> tag is used for phrasing content.
• The <ruby> tag is a new tag in HTML5

The <ruby> tag requires both openings (start) and closing(end) tag. The basic syntax for the same is given below:

<ruby> 

....content here
</ruby>

Below we have a basic example showing the usage of <ruby> tag:

This element does not have any specific attributes although this element supports Global and Event attributes.

Following browsers support this attribute:

• Google Chrome 5+
• Internet Explorer 5.5+
• Safari 5+
• Opera 15+