2

2 in Morse code

..--- · dit dit dah dah dah

How to say it

Operators don’t say “dot dash” — they say dit dit dah dah dah. Saying the rhythm out loud is the quickest way to make it stick.

Mnemonic

Think: two dits, three dahs. Stressed syllables are dahs, unstressed are dits. Use it to get started, then drop it — at real speed you won’t have time to think.

Timing

2 dits and 3 dahs. A dah is three times the length of a dit, with a one-dit gap between each symbol. The whole number is 15 units long.

Where you learn it

In the Koch order DotDash uses, 2 is character number 34 of 40. You learn it by sound at full speed, with a new character unlocked each time you reach 90% accuracy.

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