# Yes in Morse code

**Yes in Morse code is "-.-- . ...". It is 3 characters made of 5 dots and 3 dashes, and takes about 1.5 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

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

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

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## What it means

Morse has no dedicated yes. Operators send R for "received" or C for "correct", both single characters, rather than spelling out a three-letter word to say the same thing. This is the pattern across the whole language of the air: anything said often enough eventually collapses into one character or a number.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Y | `-.--` | dah-di-dah-dah |
| E | `.` | dit |
| S | `...` | di-di-dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Yes in Morse code?

Yes in Morse code is "-.-- . ...". Morse has no dedicated yes. Operators send R for "received" or C for "correct", both single characters, rather than spelling out a three-letter word to say the same thing. This is the pattern across the whole language of the air: anything said often enough eventually collapses into one character or a number.

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

At 20 words per minute, Yes takes about 1.5 seconds to send. That counts its 5 dots and 3 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.

## Related words: Everyday

- [No](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/no/)
- [OK](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/ok/)
- [Thank you](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/thank-you/)
- [Water](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/water/)

## More

- [Every word in Morse code](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/)
- [The Morse code alphabet](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/morse-code-alphabet/)
- [Translate your own text](https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/morse-code-translator/)