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I love you in morse code

Eight letters in three words, 24 marks in all. Press Play to hear it and see it blink, or save the pattern below for a card, a bracelet or a tattoo sketch.

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Count a steady beat. A dit (the short signal) is one count of light, and a dah (the long one) is three. Stay dark for one count between flashes and three counts between letters.

  1. I: two short flashes.
  2. Stay dark for seven counts before the next word.
  3. L: one short, one long, two short.
  4. O: three long flashes.
  5. V: three short, one long.
  6. E: one short flash.
  7. Stay dark for seven counts before the next word.
  8. Y: one long, one short, two long.
  9. O: three long flashes.
  10. U: two short, one long.
  11. Stay dark for seven counts, then start again from the first letter.

Download I love you in morse code

The pattern as a picture, each letter named under its marks, for a card, a craft project or a tattoo sketch. The PNG is ready to print or share; the SVG scales to any size.

I love you in morse code, drawn in dits and dahs with each letter named under its marks
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I love you as a morse code bracelet

Each dit is a round bead and each dah a tube three times as long, with a small spacer between letters. For a 7 in bracelet in 3 mm beads: 12 dit beads, 12 dah tubes, 5 spacers, 2 word beads and 6 plain beads.

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How I love you is put together

I is two dits. LOVE is L (a dit, a dah and two dits), O (three dahs), V (three dits and a dah) and E (a single dit). YOU is Y (a dah, a dit and two dahs), O again and U (two dits and a dah). That adds up to 24 marks, 12 of them dits.

At 10 words per minute (WPM), the speed the player starts at, the whole phrase takes about 11 seconds. The two gaps between the words, seven units of silence each, are what tell the listener where one word stops.

88: how radio operators say it

On the air, operators rarely spell out the words. The International Amateur Radio Union’s operating guide lists 88 among the most used abbreviations, meaning love and kisses, next to 73 for best regards. In morse, 88 is two figure eights of three dahs and two dits each: 10 marks instead of 24.

For a card, a bracelet or a tattoo

The picture above names each letter under its marks, so it works as a pattern to copy. Every mark keeps the ratio set by ITU-R M.1677-1: a dah three times as long as a dit, with one dit’s space between marks.

Questions

What is I love you in morse code?

Two dits for I, then L, O, V and E, then Y, O and U, with a longer gap between the words. That's 24 marks, and the Copy morse button above copies it as text.

How do you tap I love you in morse code?

Tap one count for a dit and hold three for a dah, with one count of stillness between marks, three between letters and seven between words. No standard says how to tap, so keep the counts even; tapping morse code explains more.

Is 143 I love you in morse code?

No. 143 stands for I love you because the words have 1, 4 and 3 letters, but in morse it is only three digits. Morse code numbers draws 143 as it is sent.

How do you say I love you in morse code with a light?

Flash it with the steps above, one letter at a time, and stay dark for seven counts between the words. Press Play to watch the lamp keep the rhythm first.

Can I get I love you in morse code as a tattoo?

Yes. The tattoo generator draws this pattern at the true 1 to 3 ratio in four styles, at the size it will be on the skin.

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