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Life in Morse Code

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

Life
.-.. .. ..-. .
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Letter by letter

How "Life" is built in Morse

Life is 4 characters — 9 dots and 2 dashes in all. Here is each letter with its Morse code so you can send or write it one symbol at a time:

L .-..
I ..
F ..-.
E .

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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