# Good morning in Morse code

**Good morning in Morse code is "--. --- --- -.. / -- --- .-. -. .. -. --.". It is 11 characters made of 10 dots and 19 dashes, and takes about 7.1 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

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

*Source: https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/good-morning/*

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## What it means

A two-word phrase, which makes it the shortest useful practice for word spacing. The gap between GOOD and MORNING is seven units — over twice the gap between two letters — and getting that wrong is what makes beginner sending unreadable.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| G | `--.` | dah-dah-dit |
| O | `---` | dah-dah-dah |
| O | `---` | dah-dah-dah |
| D | `-..` | dah-di-dit |
| M | `--` | dah-dah |
| O | `---` | dah-dah-dah |
| R | `.-.` | di-dah-dit |
| N | `-.` | dah-dit |
| I | `..` | di-dit |
| N | `-.` | dah-dit |
| G | `--.` | dah-dah-dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Good morning in Morse code?

Good morning in Morse code is "--. --- --- -.. / -- --- .-. -. .. -. --.". A two-word phrase, which makes it the shortest useful practice for word spacing. The gap between GOOD and MORNING is seven units — over twice the gap between two letters — and getting that wrong is what makes beginner sending unreadable.

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

At 20 words per minute, Good morning takes about 7.1 seconds to send. That counts its 10 dots and 19 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.

### How do you write Good morning in Morse code?

Write it as "--. --- --- -.. / -- --- .-. -. .. -. --.". Each group of dots and dashes is one letter, a single space separates letters and a slash separates words, so the two words of Good morning are divided by one slash.

## Related words: Greetings

- [Hello](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/hello/)

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- [Every word in Morse code](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/)
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