B-...
Remembering B
- It sounds like dah-di-di-dit. Say it out loud as you listen, and learn the rhythm rather than counting dots and dashes.
- B has 4 signals: 3 dots and 1 dash. It takes 9 units of time to send, where a dot is one unit.
- B is roughly the 20th most common letter in English. Morse code gives the shortest codes to the commonest letters, which is why rarer letters like B are longer.
- Swap every dot for a dash and every dash for a dot and you get J (.---). Learning opposite pairs together helps them stick.
- Read it backwards and you get V (...-).
Common words starting with B in Morse code
| Word | Morse code | |
|---|---|---|
| BACK | -... .- -.-. -.- | |
| BEARS | -... . .- .-. ... | |
| BETS | -... . - ... | |
| BLAME | -... .-.. .- -- . | |
| BOTTLE | -... --- - - .-.. . | |
| BROKEN | -... .-. --- -.- . -. |
Translate your own words with the Morse code translator, see every letter on the Morse code alphabet chart, or practise sending on the decoder.
() => `${esc(u('mcSettings'))}
${esc(u('mcWarn'))}