Revision 391529 of <rp>

<h2 id="Summary" name="Summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The <strong>HTML <code>&lt;rp&gt;</code> element</strong> 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 <code>&lt;rp&gt;</code> element is used in the case of lack of {{ HTMLElement("ruby") }} element support its content has what should be displayed in order to indicate the presence of a ruby annotation, usually parantheses.</p>
<ul class="htmlelt">
  <li><dfn><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></dfn> None.</li>
  <li><dfn>Permitted content</dfn> <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content">Phrasing content</a>.</li>
  <li><dfn>Tag omission</dfn> {{no_tag_omission}}</li>
  <li><dfn>Permitted parent elements</dfn> A {{HTMLElement("ruby")}} element. <code>&lt;rp&gt;</code> must be positionned immediately before or after an {{HTMLElement("rt")}} element.</li>
  <li><dfn>DOM interface</dfn> {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="Attributes" name="Attributes">Attributes</h2>
<p><span style="line-height: 21px;">This element only includes the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes" style="line-height: 21px;" title="HTML/Global attributes">global attributes</a><span style="line-height: 21px;">.</span></p>
<h2 id="Example" name="Example">Example</h2>
<pre class="brush: html">
&lt;ruby&gt;
  漢 &lt;rp&gt;(&lt;/rp&gt;&lt;rt&gt;Kan&lt;/rt&gt;&lt;rp&gt;)&lt;/rp&gt;
  字 &lt;rp&gt;(&lt;/rp&gt;&lt;rt&gt;ji&lt;/rt&gt;&lt;rp&gt;)&lt;/rp&gt;
&lt;/ruby&gt;</pre>
<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Specification</th>
      <th scope="col">Status</th>
      <th scope="col">Comment</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'text-level-semantics.html#the-rp-element', '&lt;rp&gt;')}}</td>
      <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'the-rp-element.html#the-rp-element', '&lt;rp&gt;')}}</td>
      <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>
<div id="compat-desktop">
  <table class="compat-table">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <th>Feature</th>
        <th>Chrome</th>
        <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
        <th>Internet Explorer</th>
        <th>Opera</th>
        <th>Safari</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Basic support</td>
        <td>5.0</td>
        <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
        <td>5.0</td>
        <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
        <td>5.0</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
  <table class="compat-table">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <th>Feature</th>
        <th>Android</th>
        <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
        <th>IE Mobile</th>
        <th>Opera Mobile</th>
        <th>Safari Mobile</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Basic support</td>
        <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>
<h2 id="See_also" name="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
  <li>{{HTMLElement("ruby")}}</li>
  <li>{{HTMLElement("rt")}}</li>
</ul>