Happy Birthday in Morse Code

Happy birthday in Morse code, letter by letter

The message is 2 words, 13 letters and 41 marks. A space separates letters and a slash separates HAPPY from BIRTHDAY. It uses 9 different letters:

• H: .... (di-di-di-dit)
• A: .- (di-dah)
• P: .--. (di-dah-dah-dit), twice in HAPPY
• Y: -.-- (dah-di-dah-dah), ending both words
• B: -... (dah-di-di-dit)
• I: .. (di-dit)
• R: .-. (di-dah-dit)
• T: - (dah)
• D: -.. (dah-di-dit)

Happy birthday in Morse code to copy and paste

Copy this line as it is, or press Copy code in the tool:

.... .- .--. .--. -.-- / -... .. .-. - .... -.. .- -.--

Paste it rather than typing it. Some keyboards and word processors turn two hyphens into one long dash, which breaks the code. If that happens, the Morse code decoder still reads long dashes and dots such as • as Morse marks.

To send it as a puzzle, paste only the code and let them work it out with the Morse code alphabet.

On cards, cakes and gifts

For a card, press PNG image with the background on White and print it, or place it in a card design. Choose None for a transparent picture that sits on a photo or a colored background. SVG for print keeps sharp edges at any size, which suits print shops, engravers and cutting machines that accept SVG files.

On a cake, 41 marks is a lot of piping. When space is tight, write HBD: .... -... -.. is only 11 marks. Pipe round dots and bars three dots long, and leave a clear gap between letters.

For a bracelet or a keychain, a name is often shorter than the full greeting. The name in Morse code page shows how to count beads and spacers.

Birthday messages for dad, mom, a partner and a friend

Adding a name adds a word and a slash. Happy birthday Dad is .... .- .--. .--. -.-- / -... .. .-. - .... -.. .- -.-- / -.. .- -.. and Happy birthday Mom ends in / -- --- -- (MOM is all dashes).

A comma is a Morse character too, --..--, with 6 marks. Keep it in a text message, and leave it out on a card or a cake where every mark takes space.

For a partner, Happy birthday, my love adds MY and LOVE. If you want to say more, I love you in Morse code has the code for I love you and its replies. For a friend, send the code on its own and see how long it takes them to crack it. More phrases are on the Morse code words page.

Play it as a sound or send it as a link

Press Play to hear it. At the default 20 words per minute, Happy birthday takes under 9 seconds. Turn on Loop to repeat it, or press Flash to blink it as a light at a party.

Press Share link and send the link in a message. It opens this page with your words in the tool, ready to play. The message is written into the link itself, so anyone who has the link can read it, and we don't store it.

To keep the sound, press Download, then WAV audio or MP3 audio, and add it to a video or a voice message.

The Happy Birthday song is a melody, not Morse code

Humming or tapping the tune of Happy Birthday doesn't spell anything in Morse code. The song is a melody: its tune comes from Good Morning to All, a children's song published by the sisters Mildred and Patty Hill in 1893.

To send the words of the song, type them. Happy birthday to you is .... .- .--. .--. -.-- / -... .. .-. - .... -.. .- -.-- / - --- / -.-- --- ..-