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EMERGENCY in Morse Code

Copy the Morse code for EMERGENCY, hear it played back, or open it in the translator to edit it.

EMERGENCY
. -- . .-. --. . -. -.-. -.--
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Letter by letter

How "EMERGENCY" is built in Morse

EMERGENCY is 9 characters — 10 dots and 11 dashes in all. Here is each letter with its Morse code so you can send or write it one symbol at a time:

E .
M --
E .
R .-.
G --.
E .
N -.
C -.-.
Y -.--

How to read it

The format in one line

Dot
.   one short signal (1 unit)
Dash
-   one long signal (3 units)
Letter gap
a single space between letters (3 units)
Word gap
/   with surrounding spaces (7 units)

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