Morse code answers
Tap or type a pattern of dits (short signals) and dahs (long ones) to see what it spells and hear it. If a page here answers that pattern, it shows up under the drawing.
What a pattern means
- What is dot dash in morse code?
A dot then a dash is the letter A.
- What do 7 dots mean in morse code?
Nothing on its own.
- What is a single dash in morse code?
A single dash is the letter T.
- What is a single dot in morse code?
A single dot is the letter E.
- What is three dots and a dash in morse code?
Three dots and a dash is the letter V.
Sending and hearing it
- Does morse code have spaces?
Yes, three of them, and they carry as much as the marks do.
- How do you send morse code by blinking?
By holding each blink for the length of its mark.
- Can you tap morse code?
Yes, though the standard says nothing about how.
- What does morse code sound like?
Like a single steady tone switched on and off.
- Why is morse code called CW?
CW stands for continuous wave, which is the kind of radio signal that carries it.
Morse code today
- Is morse code hard to learn?
The characters are easy; hearing them at speed is the slow part.
- Is morse code still used today?
Yes, in the places where a plain on and off tone still beats the alternatives.
- Is morse code the same in every language?
It is the same wherever the Latin alphabet is.
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, see it flash and print it.
Sources
- Codes and timing follow Recommendation ITU-R M.1677-1 (10/2009), International Morse code (International Telecommunication Union, 2009).