L
·−··
Lima
L in Morse code — ·−··
Letters
L is ·−·· in Morse, Lima in the NATO alphabet, and dots 123 in braille. Sending it takes 9 time units.
All twenty-six have a Morse code, a NATO word and a braille cell.
- Morse code
- ·−··
- NATO word
- Lima
- Dot numbers
- 123
- Braille
- ⠇
- Time units
- 9
- At 20 wpm
- 540 ms
- ASCII
- 76
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 L in Morse code?
·−·· — 3 dots and 1 dashes.
Q. How long does it take to send?
9 time units, which is 540 ms at 20 words per minute.
Q. How is L said over the radio?
As Lima.
Q. How is it written in braille?
Dots 123 are raised: ⠇.