# ruby characters

> small characters placed aside a Chinese or Japanese characters to precise their pronunciation or to transliterate them into another script

**Wikidata**: [Q1064154](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064154)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_character)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ruby-characters


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013