···· ·− ·−−· ·−−· −·−− / −··· ·· ·−· − ···· −·· ·− −·−−
"Happy Birthday" in Morse code is ···· ·− ·−−· ·−−· −·−− / −··· ·· ·−· − ···· −·· ·− −·−−.
Leave a short gap between letters and a longer gap between words. In writing, letters are separated by a space and words by a slash. At standard timing a dot lasts one unit, a dash three units, the gap inside a letter one unit, the gap between letters three units and the gap between words seven. "Happy Birthday" takes 141 units, about 8.5 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Happy Birthday" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: H is ····, A is ·−, P is ·−−·, Y is −·−−, B is −···, I is ··, R is ·−·, T is − and D is −··.
How do you pronounce it?
di-di-di-dit di-dah di-dah-dah-dit di-dah-dah-dit dah-di-dah-dah / dah-di-di-dit di-dit di-dah-dit dah di-di-di-dit dah-di-dit di-dah dah-di-dah-dah
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, H ···· can be read as E and S · ···, which changes the message.
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.
