I love you in Morse code, letter by letter
"I love you" has eight letters and 24 dots and dashes in total:
- I
.. - L
.-.. - O
--- - V
...- - E
. - Y
-.-- - O
--- - U
..-
Written out, a space goes between letters and a slash between words: .. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-. Without those gaps the letters run together and the message cannot be read, so keep them in anything you write or make. You can look up any other letter on the Morse code alphabet chart.
Ways to send it
- Press it: on someone's hand or as a squeeze. A quick press for each dot and one held about three times as long for each dash. Knocks on a table are all short, so they cannot show the dashes.
- Flash it: with a flashlight or a phone torch across a room. The signal light above shows the rhythm; tick Slow to make it easier to follow.
- Play it: press Play, or download the sound as a WAV file to use in a video or to send as an audio file.
- Write it: copy the code into a text, a card or a note.
Bracelets, tattoos and gifts
"I love you" is a popular phrase for Morse code jewelry, tattoos and cards. To see it as a design, with a size estimate and an SVG or PNG to download, use the Morse code tattoo generator; to plan a beaded bracelet, use the Morse code bracelet maker. A few tips before you order or ink anything:
- Keep the gaps. The space between letters and the larger space between words carry meaning. A row of evenly spaced dots and dashes reads as a different message.
- Make dashes clearly longer than dots. In sound a dash is three times as long as a dot; in a design, beads, bars or lines that are obviously longer work best.
- Check it twice. Write your final design out as dots, dashes, spaces and slashes, then paste that into the Morse code translator and decode it to make sure it still says what you meant.
- Read left to right. Morse code is written in the same direction as English, starting with the I.
Other ways to say it
- I love you too:
.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..- / - --- --- - Love you:
.-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..- - I still love you:
.. / ... - .. .-.. .-.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..- - I miss you:
.. / -- .. ... ... / -.-- --- ..- - ILY:
.. .-.. -.-- - 143:
.---- ....- ...--
For anything else, from a name to a whole note, use the Morse code translator. And if you need the most famous signal of all, here is SOS in Morse code.