Morse code numbers
Each digit from 0 to 9 is five marks long, made of dits (short signals) and dahs (long ones). Press Play on a row to hear it, or type any number below the table.
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Hear any number
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The pattern that makes them quick to learn
1 is a dit and four dahs. Each number up to 5 swaps one more dah for a dit, so 5 is five dits. From 6 the dahs lead instead: 6 is a dah and four dits, and each number swaps one more dit for a dah, until 0 is five dahs.
Put 1 beside 6, 2 beside 7 and so on, and every dit has become a dah and every dah a dit. Learn 1 to 5 and you know 6 to 0 too.
143 and 1111 in morse code
Longer numbers are sent one digit at a time, with a letter gap (three dits long) between the digits.
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Numbers and punctuation chart
0 to 9 and every punctuation mark on one printable sheet, drawn to the same scale as this page.
Open the printable chart page for the ink-saver version and the other five sheets.
Questions
Does morse code have numbers?
Yes. ITU-R M.1677-1, the international standard, gives each digit from 0 to 9 a code of five dits and dahs.
Is 143 I love you in morse code?
No. 143 stands for “I love you” because the three words have 1, 4 and 3 letters, but in morse it is only the digits 1, 4 and 3. To send the words themselves, type I love you into the morse code translator.
What is 1111 in morse code?
The digit 1 four times over. Each 1 is a dit followed by four dahs, with a letter gap between them, so 1111 is 20 marks long.
How do you write 10 or 100 in morse code?
Digit by digit, with a letter gap between the digits. 10 is a 1 and then a 0, and 100 is a 1 and then two 0s.
More morse tools
- Morse code translator
Type any text to hear it in morse, or paste morse to read it.
- Printable morse code chart
Every letter and number drawn to scale, for US Letter and A4.
- SOS in morse code
Hear it, watch it flash and learn to blink it with a flashlight.
Sources
- Codes and timing follow Recommendation ITU-R M.1677-1 (10/2009), International Morse code (International Telecommunication Union, 2009).