<sub>

Subscript: Creates a subscript character.

Syntax

<sub>character to subscript<\sub>

Or:

__text__

The shorthand form uses two _ _ (underscore) characters before and after the characters to subscript.

Example

The following markup:

<p>The chemical element H<sub>2<\sub>O contains
two hydrogen molecules.
 

produces the following output:

The chemical element H₂O contains two hydrogen molecules.

See Also

• "<super>"