Morse code chart

Morse code for every letter and digit.

54 rows
CharacterMorse codePattern
A dit dah
B dah dit dit dit
C dah dit dah dit
D dah dit dit
E dit
F dit dit dah dit
G dah dah dit
H dit dit dit dit
I dit dit
J dit dah dah dah
K dah dit dah
L dit dah dit dit
M dah dah
N dah dit
O dah dah dah
P dit dah dah dit
Q dah dah dit dah
R dit dah dit
S dit dit dit
T dah
U dit dit dah
V dit dit dit dah
W dit dah dah
X dah dit dit dah
Y dah dit dah dah
Z dah dah dit dit
0 dah dah dah dah dah
1 dit dah dah dah dah
2 dit dit dah dah dah
3 dit dit dit dah dah
4 dit dit dit dit dah
5 dit dit dit dit dit
6 dah dit dit dit dit
7 dah dah dit dit dit
8 dah dah dah dit dit
9 dah dah dah dah dit
. dit dah dit dah dit dah
, dah dah dit dit dah dah
? dit dit dah dah dit dit
' dit dah dah dah dah dit
! dah dit dah dit dah dah
/ dah dit dit dah dit
( dah dit dah dah dit
) dah dit dah dah dit dah
& dit dah dit dit dit
: dah dah dah dit dit dit
; dah dit dah dit dah dit
= dah dit dit dit dah
+ dit dah dit dah dit
- dah dit dit dit dit dah
_ dit dit dah dah dit dah
" dit dah dit dit dah dit
$ dit dit dit dah dit dit dah
@ dit dah dah dit dah dit

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How to use the Morse code chart

  1. Scroll to a character, or type it into the filter box. Type a code (.--) to find its letter, a word (SOS) to see each of its letters, or search by sound, such as dah dah dah.
  2. Use Letters, Numbers or Punctuation to show one group.
  3. Press the play button next to a code to hear it, or click the code to copy it as plain dots and dashes.

Timing rules

Morse code is a rhythm, and the gaps matter as much as the signals. Everything is measured in units, where one unit is the length of a dot:

Element Length
Dit (dot) 1 unit
Dah (dash) 3 units
Gap between dits and dahs in a letter 1 unit
Gap between letters 3 units
Gap between words 7 units

Sending speed is given in words per minute, measured with the word PARIS, which is exactly 50 units long including the gap after it.

SOS in Morse code

SOS is ... --- ...: three dits, three dahs, three dits. In a real distress call it’s sent as one unbroken signal, without the usual 3-unit gaps between the letters, so it’s recognised as a single pattern rather than three letters.

Learning it

Learn Morse code by sound, not by looking at a chart like this one. If you picture dots and dashes, you have to translate twice: from sound to picture, then picture to letter. Instead, learn each character as a rhythm, so A is “di-dah” and not “dot dash”.

A popular approach is the Koch method. You listen at full speed from the start, but with only two characters. When you get nearly all of them right, you add a third, and so on until you know the whole set. Short daily sessions work better than long ones.

The chart is for looking things up. To turn a whole message into Morse code, or decode one, use the Morse code translator.