Morse Code Alphabet & Numbers Chart
Every letter A–Z, digit 0–9, and the punctuation you'll actually use — written in dots ( · ) and dashes ( – ). Free to view, print, or drop straight into the Morse code translator. Curious where these dots and dashes came from? Read the history of Morse code.
Letters A–Z
| Letter | Code | Letter | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | ·– | N | –· |
| B | –··· | O | ––– |
| C | –·–· | P | ·––· |
| D | –·· | Q | ––·– |
| E | · | R | ·–· |
| F | ··–· | S | ··· |
| G | ––· | T | – |
| H | ···· | U | ··– |
| I | ·· | V | ···– |
| J | ·––– | W | ·–– |
| K | –·– | X | –··– |
| L | ·–·· | Y | –·–– |
| M | –– | Z | ––·· |
Numbers 0–9
Every digit in Morse is exactly five symbols long, which makes numbers easy to recognise once you spot the pattern — they sweep from all dots (5) to all dashes (0).
| Digit | Code | Digit | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ––––– | 5 | ····· |
| 1 | ·–––– | 6 | –···· |
| 2 | ··––– | 7 | ––··· |
| 3 | ···–– | 8 | –––·· |
| 4 | ····– | 9 | ––––· |
Punctuation & symbols
| Symbol | Code | Symbol | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| . period | ·–·–·– | / slash | –··–· |
| , comma | ––··–– | ( bracket | –·––· |
| ? question | ··––·· | ) bracket | –·––·– |
| ' apostrophe | ·––––· | & ampersand | ·–··· |
| ! exclaim | –·–·–– | : colon | –––··· |
| = equals | –···– | + plus | ·–·–· |
| - hyphen | –····– | @ at | ·––·–· |
How Morse timing works
Morse is built from just two signals — a short dot and a long dash — separated by silence. The whole system runs on one base unit of time:
- A dot is 1 unit; a dash is 3 units.
- The gap between dots and dashes inside a letter is 1 unit.
- The gap between letters is 3 units.
- The gap between words is 7 units.
Don't memorise the timing as numbers — learn the sound. Type a letter into the translator and press Play to hear its rhythm, then read how to learn Morse code for a proven practice method.
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