The
char element represents a single instance of a special character or a character with no Unicode equivalent.
The
char element can contain either a single character or a
object
tag, for characters and symbols that require special typesetting or display (e.g. ornamented initials at the start of chapters).
<section role="chapter">
<h>Chapter I.</h>
<p><name><char><object src="init_A.png">A</object></char>lice</name> was beginning
to get very tired …</p>
</section>
abbr, d:about, annoref, annotation (block variant), annotation (phrase variant), m:annotation-xml, aside, block, caption, citation (block variant), citation (phrase variant), code, d, definition, description (block variant), description (phrase variant), description (text variant), emph (phrase variant), emph (text variant), expansion, h, hd, hpart, item, ln (code variant), ln (ln variant), lnum, d:longdesc, meta, name, note (block variant), note (phrase variant), noteref, num, object (block variant), object (phrase variant), object (text variant), p, ssml:phoneme (phrase variant), ssml:phoneme (text variant), ssml:prosody (phrase variant), ssml:prosody (text variant), quote (block variant), quote (phrase variant), its:rb, ref, its:rt, s, ssml:say-as (phrase variant), ssml:say-as (text variant), d:simplifiedLanguageDescription, span (phrase variant), span (text variant), sub, ssml:sub (phrase variant), ssml:sub (text variant), d:summary, sup, td, term, th, time, ssml:token (phrase variant), ssml:token (text variant), d:tour, w and wpart
This element must not contain text.
This element may contain the following children: object
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