Morse Code Chart
This chart lists every sign of International Morse code: letters, figures, punctuation, accented letters and prosigns. Each bar is drawn to time, so a dot is one unit and a dash three. Tap a cell to hear it. Sort by length to see the quick signs first, or by tree to follow the dots and dashes.
§ 1Lettersscale: 13 units
§ 2Figuresscale: 19 units
§ 3Punctuationscale: 19 units
§ 4Accented lettersscale: 17 units
§ 5Prosignsscale: 23 units
Not in the ITU recommendation. Operators use it, but you will not find it in the standard.
§ 1The chosen alphabet
The same signal can mean different letters in different alphabets: ·−·− is Ä among the International extensions and Я in Russian. Choose the alphabet before you read.
§ 6How to read this chart
Every bar in a plate uses the same clock. A dot is one unit, a dash three, and the gap inside a sign one. So a longer bar takes longer to send: E is one unit, J is thirteen.1
By length puts the quick signs first; they are the ones you hear most, such as E, T, I and A. By tree follows the Morse tree one level at a time, dot before dash, so each sign comes after the shorter sign it grows from.
Some signs share a code on purpose. + is also AR, the end of a message, and = is BT, the break between parts. A dagger marks signs that operators use but no ITU text defines.2