Good Morning in Morse Code

Daniel Reeves, Morse Code Editor & Radio Telegraphy Specialist
Written and reviewed by Daniel Reeves
Morse Code Editor & Radio Telegraphy Specialist ·

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"Good morning" is the cheerful start-of-day greeting, and in Morse it reads --. --- --- -.. / -- --- .-. -. .. -. --. . It's one of a family of "good ___" greetings that all share the same opening word, so learning it teaches you a pattern you'll reuse. At eleven letters it's a satisfying medium-length phrase to send as you, fittingly, start your morning practice.

Letter-by-Letter Breakdown

LetterMorseSound (di / dah)
G--.dah-dah-dit
O---dah-dah-dah
O---dah-dah-dah
D-..dah-di-dit
/word gap
M--dah-dah
O---dah-dah-dah
R.-.di-dah-dit
N-.dah-dit
I..di-dit
N-.dah-dit
G--.dah-dah-dit

"Good" is dash-heavy from the start: --. --- --- -.., with two three-dash O's back to back giving it a deep, sustained opening. "Morning" then runs through M, O, R, N, I, N, G, with the G's --. neatly bookending the phrase — it begins and ends on the same dash-dash-dot letter, a tidy symmetry.

11 letters·29 signal elements·10 dots·19 dashes·~7.1 sec at 20 WPM

How to Send “Good Morning” in Morse Code

Send "good morning" as a daily warm-up: it's long enough to be good practice but built around the familiar "good" you can drill once and reuse for evening and night greetings too. Flash it with a light or tap it as a coded wake-up message. The doubled O in "good" is excellent for locking in the three-dash sound.

Type it

Enter "Good Morning" in any Morse translator to see --. --- --- -.. / -- --- .-. -. .. -. --. appear instantly — the fastest way to check the pattern.

Tap it

Tap the rhythm on a hand or table: short taps for dots, longer presses for dashes, with a clear pause between letters.

Blink it

Signal it with your eyes or a subtle nod — quick for a dot, held for a dash — a silent way to pass "Good Morning" across a room.

Flash it

Use a flashlight or phone light: a brief flash is a dot, a long flash is a dash. Press Play above to hear the timing first.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is "good morning" in Morse code?+

"Good morning" in Morse code is --. --- --- -.. / -- --- .-. -. .. -. --. . The first word "good" features two three-dash O's in a row, and the phrase happens to begin and end on the letter G (--.). It's part of a family of "good ___" greetings that share the same opening word.

Do "good morning" and "good night" start the same in Morse code?+

Yes. Both begin with the word "good" (--. --- --- -..), as do "good evening" and "good luck." Learning that single dash-heavy word once gives you a head start on the whole family of greetings — only the second word changes between them.

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