Wabun code

Wabun code
Language(s)Japanese (basic support)
Classificationnon-Latin Morse code for Kana
Succeeded byJIS C 0803 (JIS X 6001),
JIS C 6220 (JIS X 0201)

Wabun code (和文モールス符号, wabun mōrusu fugō; Morse code for Japanese text) is a form of Morse code used to send Japanese language in kana characters. Unlike International Morse Code, which represents letters of the Latin script, 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 announce the return to International Code.