−··
The letter D in Morse code is −··.
Send the signals of a letter close together, then pause before the next letter. A dot lasts one unit of time and a dash three, so D takes 7 units to send.
Meaning: Morse code for the letter D (letter)
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not mix up D −·· with W ·−−. They are mirror images, with the dots and dashes swapped.
Did you know?
- The @ sign was the first character added to International Morse Code in decades. It became official in 2004 as ·−−·−·, the letters A and C run together.
- In 1966 the American prisoner of war Jeremiah Denton blinked T-O-R-T-U-R-E in Morse code with his eyes during a filmed interview.
