happy birthday in Morse Code
Using our Alphabet to morse chart, the phrase happy birthday translates to
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Listen to how "happy birthday" sounds in morse code
You can see the letter breakdown of the phrase in the table below.
What is Morse code?
Morse code used dots and dashes to send messages. Engineers in the 1800s crafted Morse code to support telegraphy. The original system used basic patterns to represent a limited set of characters. The system was refined to represent every letter clearly. In 1851, a standardised form called International Morse Code was introduced.
How to translate Morse code?
Using the MorseTranslator tool, you can easily convert text to Morse code. This page demonstrates how the word happy birthday becomes .... .- .--. .--. -.-- -... .. .-. - .... -.. .- -.--. You can even listen to it using the audio playback feature. To decode manually, you'll need to understand the basic symbols: dits and dahs. Each Morse character mirrors a letter in the English alphabet.