ruby container ルビのためのコンテナ要素。 contains a passage of base text along with its associated ruby gloss(es). ルビ及びその対象となるテキストを含む。

The word 入学試験 nyūgakushiken (university entrance exam) is glossed with a hiragana phonation guide.

入学試験にゅうがくしけん

This fictional example shows the initialism TEI glossed letter-by-letter with an IPA transcription.

T ti: E i: I aɪ