Hi
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Hi
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Six dots with a letter gap after the fourth. It is also how operators laugh.
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Hi in Morse Code
.... .. - the translator opens on the shortest greeting there is. Play it, then try hello, hey and the rest below.
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How to say hi in Morse code
Hi is the easiest word in Morse code to learn, because it is nothing but dots: H (....) then I (..). Sent at 15 words per minute it lasts under a second. Because both letters are all dots, the only thing that makes it "hi" rather than a single six-dot group is the gap between the four and the two - which is a good first lesson in why the spacing in Morse matters as much as the symbols.
Hello is longer: .... . .-.. .-.. ---. Hey is .... . -.--. Operators, who have been greeting each other in Morse for a century and a half, mostly do not spell these out - they use abbreviations. GM, GA and GE are good morning, afternoon and evening; CQ is a call to anyone listening; 73 means best regards and closes a conversation; 88 is love and kisses. HI itself, in the operators' world, is the Morse way of laughing.
The translator is open on "Hi". Change it to hello, add a name, or paste any of the greetings below. Share link gives you a URL that plays it to whoever opens it.
Greetings in Morse code
- Hi is
.... ..and hello is.... . .-.. .-.. ---. Both start with H, four dots. - Among operators
HIis laughter, the way "haha" is in a chat. A greeting is more oftenGM(--. --) orGE(--. .) for good morning or good evening. 73(--... ...--) is best regards, the standard sign-off;88(---.. ---..) is love and kisses. Both come from the 1850s telegraph numeral codes.CQ(-.-. --.-) means "calling anyone" - the Morse way of saying hello to a room rather than a person.- Bye is
-... -.-- .; goodbye in full is--. --- --- -.. -... -.-- ..
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Hi, hello and the other greetings
Hello
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Hello
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H, E (a single dot), L twice, and O. The two Ls make it easy to recognise by ear.
Good morning, the operators' way
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GM
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Two letters instead of eleven. GA is good afternoon and GE good evening.
Signing off
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73
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"Best regards" - the polite end to a Morse conversation since the telegraph era.
Mistakes with Morse greetings
- Running hi into one group.
......(six dots) is not a character;.... ..with the gap is hi. - Confusing hi (
.... ..) with 5 (.....) by ear. Five even dots is the digit; four, a pause, then two is the word. - Spelling out what operators abbreviate. "Good morning" works, but on the air it is
GM; knowing both saves you being puzzled by a two-letter reply. - Reading
HIin a real exchange as a greeting. Between operators it is a laugh, and73is the friendly closer.
Hi in Morse code FAQ
How do you spell hi in Morse code?
.... .. - four dots for H, a short gap, then two dots for I. Type it in the translator above and press Play to hear it; at 15 words per minute it lasts well under a second.What is hello in Morse code?
.... . .-.. .-.. ---: H (....), E (.), L (.-..), L (.-..), O (---). Nineteen symbols in all. Hey is .... . -.--.How do Morse code operators say hello and goodbye?
With abbreviations.
GM, GA and GE are good morning, afternoon and evening; CQ calls anyone listening; 73 (best regards) ends a conversation and 88 (love and kisses) is the affectionate version. HI on the air means laughter, not a greeting.Is hi in Morse code the same as HI in a text message?
Morse has no lower case, so hi and HI are the same code,
.... ... Whether it means "hello" or "haha" depends on who is sending: to most people it is a greeting, to a radio operator it is a laugh.Advertisement
