Wabun code

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The Wabun Code (和文モールス符号 wabun mōrusu fugō?, Japanese text in Morse Code) is a form of Morse Code used to send Japanese text. Unlike International Morse Code, which represents letters of the roman alphabet, in Wabun each symbol represents a Japanese kana. For this reason, Wabun code is also sometimes called Kana Code.

When Wabun Code is intermixed with International Morse Code, the prosign DO/ (-..---) is used to announce the beginning of Wabun, and the prosign SN/ (...-.) is used to return to International Code.

Wabun Code was famously used to transmit the message "NIITAKA-YAMA NOBORE" on December 2, 1941, signalling the go-ahead of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.[citation needed]

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Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Mora Code Control Code
a ア --•-- ka カ •-•• sa サ -•-•- ta タ -• na ナ •-• ha ハ -••• ma マ -••- ya ヤ •-- ra ラ ••• wa ワ -•- Dakuten ゛ ••
i イ •- ki キ -•-•• shiシ --•-• chiチ ••-• ni ニ -•-• hi ヒ --••- mi ミ ••-•- ri リ --• Handakuten ゜ ••--•
u ウ ••- ku ク •••- su ス ---•- tsuツ •--• nu ヌ •••• fu フ --•• mu ム - yu ユ -••-- ru ル -•--• n ン •-•-• Long vowel ー •--•-
e エ -•--- ke ケ -•-- se セ •---• te テ •-•-- ne ネ --•- he ヘ • me メ -•••- re レ --- Comma 、 •-•-•-
o オ •-••• ko コ ---- so ソ ---• to ト ••-•• no ノ ••-- ho ホ -•• mo モ -••-• yo ヨ -- ro ロ •-•- wo ヲ •--- Full stop 。 •-•-••

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