The complete International Morse code chart — every letter, number, and punctuation mark as dots and dashes. Free to print, and paired with a translator that plays the sounds.
Each character is a sequence of dots (•, a short signal) and dashes (−, a long signal). Read left to right. The timing is what makes it work:
Hear the timing in action with the Morse code translator — type any text and press play.
Morse assigns the shortest codes to the most common English letters, so start with these:
Learn a handful at a time and practice recognizing them by sound rather than sight — that's how it clicks.
Unlike the letters, the digits follow a clean pattern: 1 is •−−−− and each higher number swaps one more dash for a dot until 5 (•••••), then it reverses — 6 is −•••• back up to 0 (−−−−−). Once you see the pattern, all ten are easy to remember.
This chart shows International Morse code — the worldwide standard formalized in 1865 and still used in amateur radio and aviation. The older American (Railroad) Morse used a few different symbols and internal spaces; it's largely historical now. When people say "Morse code" today, they mean the International chart above.