5
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Five
5 in Morse code — ·····
Digits
5 is ····· in Morse, Five in the NATO alphabet, and dots 15 in braille. Sending it takes 9 time units.
Five symbols each in Morse; in braille they reuse the cells of a–j behind a number sign.
- Morse code
- ·····
- NATO word
- Five
- Dot numbers
- 15
- Braille
- ⠑
- Time units
- 9
- At 20 wpm
- 540 ms
- ASCII
- 53
Seen as timing
A dot is one unit, a dash three, and the gap between them one. At 20 words per minute a unit is 60 milliseconds.
Words chosen so a letter survives a bad radio link. Alfa and Juliett are spelled oddly on purpose — some languages would swallow the ph and the final t.
Nearby characters
How to read this
- In Morse a dot is one unit and a dash three. The commoner the letter, the shorter the code — E is a single dot.
- Each NATO word starts with its own letter. It is for saying a letter clearly over the radio.
- A braille cell has six dot positions, so there are sixty-four of them. The empty one is the space between words.
- Digits in braille reuse the cells of a–j; a number sign in front tells them apart.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What is 5 in Morse code?
····· — 5 dots and 0 dashes.
Q. How long does it take to send?
9 time units, which is 540 ms at 20 words per minute.
Q. How is 5 said over the radio?
As Five.
Q. How is it written in braille?
Dots 15 are raised: ⠑.