# 88 in Morse code

**88 in Morse code is "---.. ---..". It is 2 characters made of 4 dots and 6 dashes, and takes about 2.0 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

*By Can Türk (https://iamcanturk.dev), MorseForge.*

*Source: https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/88/*

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## What it means

88 means "love and kisses", the affectionate counterpart to 73. Also from the Phillips Code, the numeric shorthand telegraphers used to save keystrokes. By convention it goes to a spouse or close friend rather than a stranger, and sending it to someone you have just met on the air reads as a beginner mistake. Each 8 is three dashes then two dots, so 88 is a symmetrical pattern that is easy to recognise even through heavy interference.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8 | `---..` | dah-dah-dah-di-dit |
| 8 | `---..` | dah-dah-dah-di-dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is 88 in Morse code?

88 in Morse code is "---.. ---..". 88 means "love and kisses", the affectionate counterpart to 73. Also from the Phillips Code, the numeric shorthand telegraphers used to save keystrokes. By convention it goes to a spouse or close friend rather than a stranger, and sending it to someone you have just met on the air reads as a beginner mistake. Each 8 is three dashes then two dots, so 88 is a symmetrical pattern that is easy to recognise even through heavy interference.

### How long does it take to send 88 in Morse code?

At 20 words per minute, 88 takes about 2.0 seconds to send. That counts its 4 dots and 6 dashes plus the silences between them, timed by the PARIS standard, in which one unit, the length of a dot, is 60 milliseconds at that speed.

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