Try it

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

ruby {
  font-size: 2em;
}

See the article about the <ruby> element for more examples.

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

This example provides Romaji transliteration for the kanji characters within the <ruby> element:

html

<ruby> 漢 <rt>Kan</rt> 字 <rt>ji</rt> </ruby>

body {
  font-size: 22px;
}

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	Phrasing content.
Tag omission	The end tag may be omitted if the `<rt>` element is immediately followed by an `<rt>` or `<rp>` element, or if there is no more content in the parent element
Permitted parents	A `<ruby>` element.
Implicit ARIA role	No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles	Any
DOM interface	`HTMLElement`

Specification
HTML # the-rt-element

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