U
··−
Uniform
U in Morse code — ··−
Letters
U is ··− in Morse, Uniform in the NATO alphabet, and dots 136 in braille. Sending it takes 7 time units.
All twenty-six have a Morse code, a NATO word and a braille cell.
- Morse code
- ··−
- NATO word
- Uniform
- Dot numbers
- 136
- Braille
- ⠥
- Time units
- 7
- At 20 wpm
- 420 ms
- ASCII
- 85
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 U in Morse code?
··− — 2 dots and 1 dashes.
Q. How long does it take to send?
7 time units, which is 420 ms at 20 words per minute.
Q. How is U said over the radio?
As Uniform.
Q. How is it written in braille?
Dots 136 are raised: ⠥.