Morse Code Numbers & Punctuation Chart (0-9)

Most Morse code charts stop at the alphabet. But the moment you try to send a phone number, a callsign, a price, or a question, you need the numbers and punctuation too — and that is exactly the part that is missing from basic A-Z tables.

This is the complete reference. Every digit 0-9, every common punctuation mark, copy-paste ready, with mnemonics to help you remember the tricky ones. Each pattern below matches the Morse code translator exactly, so you can paste any of these straight in to hear them or check your work.

Throughout, a dot is shown as · and a dash as −. A dash lasts three times as long as a dot.

Morse Code Numbers (0-9)

The digits are the most logical part of all of Morse code. Every number is exactly five elements long, and they follow a clean, predictable pattern once you see it.

The pattern that makes numbers easy

Look at the table as a whole and the logic jumps out:

• 1 through 5 start with dots and "fill in" with dashes. The number tells you how many leading dots there are: 1 has one dot, 2 has two dots, up to 5 which is all dots.
• 6 through 0 are the mirror image. They start with dashes and fill in with dots. 6 has one leading dash, 7 has two, 8 has three, 9 has four, and 0 is all five dashes.

So 5 is ····· (all dots) and 0 is −−−−− (all dashes) — the two extremes — and everything else slots in between. Learn that one rule and you have all ten digits for life.

Tip: In real-world high-speed Morse (ham radio contesting), operators often use cut numbers — shortened forms like T for 0 and N for 9 — to save time. But for learning and for this tool, always use the full five-element digits above.

Morse Code Punctuation

Punctuation marks are longer (most are six elements) and have less obvious patterns, so this is where a good chart really earns its place. These are the marks supported by the translator:

Notes on the trickier marks

Question mark (··−−··) is one of the most-looked-up symbols in Morse. A handy memory hook: it sounds like the letters I-M-I run together (·· −− ··). Once you hear that, you will never forget it.

The @ sign (·−−·−·) is the newest addition to International Morse code. The ITU only officially added it in 2004, specifically so operators could send email addresses. It is the letters A and C sent as a single symbol (·− + −·−·), which is why it is sometimes called the "commat" or "AC" character.

Equals (−···−) doubles as the BT prosign, a "break" used to separate parts of a message. Slash (−··−·) is the same as the DN/fraction prosign used to write things like callsign suffixes (e.g., W1AW/2).

Worked Examples

Here are a few mixed strings combining letters, numbers, and punctuation — paste any of them into the decoder to verify:

Phone: 911       →  −−−−· ·−−−− ·−−−−
Year:  2026      →  ··−−− −−−−− ··−−− −····
Math:  2 = 2     →  ··−−− / −···− / ··−−−
Ask:   OK?       →  −−− −·− ··−−··
Email: A@B       →  ·− ·−−·−· −···

Notice that a slash / is used to mark word breaks in the decoder, and that punctuation marks like ? attach to the end of a word the same way a letter would. Spacing is everything in Morse: one gap between letters, a slash (or longer gap) between words.

How Spacing Works With Numbers and Symbols

Numbers and punctuation follow the exact same timing rules as letters:

• No gap between the dots and dashes inside a single character.
• One letter-gap (a space) between one character and the next, including between digits — so 25 is ··−−− ·····, two separate five-element groups.
• One word-gap (written / here) between words.

Getting the spacing right matters even more with numbers, because a missed gap can merge two five-element digits into a meaningless ten-element blob. When a string does not decode cleanly, the spacing is almost always the culprit.

FAQ

What is the Morse code for numbers 0-9?

Every digit is five elements long: 1 ·−−−−, 2 ··−−−, 3 ···−−, 4 ····−, 5 ·····, 6 −····, 7 −−···, 8 −−−··, 9 −−−−·, 0 −−−−−. Numbers 1-5 lead with dots; 6-0 lead with dashes.

What is the Morse code for a question mark?

A question mark is ··−−·· (dot-dot-dash-dash-dot-dot). A useful mnemonic is that it sounds like the letters I-M-I run together.

What is the Morse code for a period and a comma?

A period (full stop) is ·−·−·− and a comma is −−··−−. The period alternates dot-dash three times; the comma has dashes on the outside and dots in the middle.

Is there a Morse code for the @ symbol?

Yes. The @ sign is ·−−·−·, formed by running the letters A and C together. It is the newest official character in International Morse code, added by the ITU in 2004 for sending email addresses.

Why is every Morse number exactly five symbols long?

It is a deliberate design choice that keeps digits uniform and unambiguous. The fixed length, combined with the dots-then-dashes (1-5) and dashes-then-dots (6-0) pattern, makes the ten digits easy to learn and hard to confuse.

Can I copy these symbols into the translator?

Yes. Every pattern on this page uses the same · and − characters as the Morse code tool, so you can copy any number or punctuation mark straight in to hear it or decode it.

Looking for the letters too? See the full Morse code alphabet chart (A-Z), find out what SOS really means, or learn the alphabet, numbers, and symbols fast with our beginner's guide.