Wabun code

Wabun code

LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text	Japanese (basic support)
Classification	non-Latin Morse code for Kana
Succeeded by	JIS C 0803 (JIS X 6001), JIS C 6220 (JIS X 0201)

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 (Template:Morse) is used to announce the beginning of Wabun, and the prosign SN (Template:Morse) is used to announce the return to International Code.

Chart

Kana in Iroha order.

Mora	Code	ITU		Mora	Code	ITU		Mora	Code	ITU		Mora	Code	ITU
い   i	Template:Morse	A		わ   wa	Template:Morse	K		ゐ   wi	Template:Morse			さ   sa	Template:Morse
ろ   ro	Template:Morse			か   ka	Template:Morse	L		の   no	Template:Morse			き   ki	Template:Morse
は   ha	Template:Morse	B		よ   yo	Template:Morse	M		お   o	Template:Morse	&		ゆ   yu	Template:Morse
に   ni	Template:Morse	C		た   ta	Template:Morse	N		く   ku	Template:Morse	V		め   me	Template:Morse	=
ほ   ho	Template:Morse	D		れ   re	Template:Morse	O		や   ya	Template:Morse	W		み   mi	Template:Morse
へ   he	Template:Morse	E		そ   so	Template:Morse			ま   ma	Template:Morse	X		し   shi	Template:Morse
と   to	Template:Morse	É		つ   tsu	Template:Morse	P		け   ke	Template:Morse	Y		ゑ   we	Template:Morse
ち   chi	Template:Morse	F		ね   ne	Template:Morse	Q		ふ   fu	Template:Morse	Z		ひ   hi	Template:Morse
り   ri	Template:Morse	G		な   na	Template:Morse	R		こ   ko	Template:Morse			も   mo	Template:Morse	/
ぬ   nu	Template:Morse	H		ら   ra	Template:Morse	S		え   e	Template:Morse			せ   se	Template:Morse
る   ru	Template:Morse	(		む   mu	Template:Morse	T		て   te	Template:Morse			す   su	Template:Morse
を   wo	Template:Morse	J		う   u	Template:Morse	U		あ   a	Template:Morse			ん   n	Template:Morse	+

Punctuation		Code	ITU
◌゛	Dakuten	Template:Morse	I
◌゜	Handakuten	Template:Morse
ー	Chōonpu	Template:Morse
、	Comma	Template:Morse	.
。	Full stop	Template:Morse
(	Left parenthesis	Template:Morse	)
)	Right parenthesis	Template:Morse	"

Expanded chart

Katakana syllabograms

	Monographs (gojūon)					Digraphs (yōon)
	a	i	u	e	o	ya	yu	yo
∅	ア a Template:Morse	イ i Template:Morse	ウ u Template:Morse	エ e Template:Morse	オ o Template:Morse
K	カ ka Template:Morse	キ ki Template:Morse	ク ku Template:Morse	ケ ke Template:Morse	コ ko Template:Morse	キャ kya Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	キュ kyu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	キョ kyo Template:MorseTemplate:Morse
S	サ sa Template:Morse	シ shi Template:Morse	ス su Template:Morse	セ se Template:Morse	ソ so Template:Morse	シャ sha Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	シュ shu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ショ sho Template:MorseTemplate:Morse
T	タ ta Template:Morse	チ chi Template:Morse	ツ tsu Template:Morse	テ te Template:Morse	ト to Template:Morse	チャ cha Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	チュ chu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	チョ cho Template:MorseTemplate:Morse
N	ナ na Template:Morse	ニ ni Template:Morse	ヌ nu Template:Morse	ネ ne Template:Morse	ノ no Template:Morse	ニャ nya Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ニュ nyu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ニョ nyo Template:MorseTemplate:Morse
H	ハ ha Template:Morse	ヒ hi Template:Morse	フ fu Template:Morse	ヘ he Template:Morse	ホ ho Template:Morse	ヒャ hya Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ヒュ hyu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ヒョ hyo Template:MorseTemplate:Morse
M	マ ma Template:Morse	ミ mi Template:Morse	ム mu Template:Morse	メ me Template:Morse	モ mo Template:Morse	ミャ mya Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ミュ myu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ミョ myo Template:MorseTemplate:Morse
Y	ヤ ya Template:Morse		ユ yu Template:Morse		ヨ yo Template:Morse
R	ラ ra Template:Morse	リ ri Template:Morse	ル ru Template:Morse	レ re Template:Morse	ロ ro Template:Morse	リャ rya Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	リュ ryu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	リョ ryo Template:MorseTemplate:Morse
W	ワ wa Template:Morse	ヰ (wi) Template:Morse		ヱ (we) Template:Morse	ヲ wo Template:Morse
Template:Encodefirst	ン n Template:Morse	、 Comma Template:Morse		。 Full stop Template:Morse		Dakuten ◌゛ Diacritic Template:Morse	Handakuten ◌゜ Diacritic Template:Morse	Chōonpu ー Long Vowel Template:Morse
	Monographs with diacritics (gojūon with dakuten)					Digraphs with diacritics (yōon with dakuten)
	a	i	u	e	o	ya	yu	yo
G (K)	ガ ga Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ギ gi Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	グ gu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ゲ ge Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ゴ go Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ギャ gya Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ギュ gyu Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ギョ gyo Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse
Z (S)	ザ za Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ジ ji Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ズ zu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ゼ ze Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ゾ zo Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ジャ ja Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ジュ ju Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ジョ jo Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse
D (T)	ダ da Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ヂ dji Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ヅ dzu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	デ de Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ド do Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ヂャ dja Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ヂュ dju Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ヂョ djo Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse
B (H)	バ ba Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ビ bi Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ブ bu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ベ be Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ボ bo Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ビャ bya Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ビュ byu Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ビョ byo Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse
	Monographs with diacritics (gojūon with handakuten)					Digraphs with diacritics (yōon with handakuten)
	a	i	u	e	o	ya	yu	yo
P (H)	パ pa Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ピ pi Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	プ pu Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ペ pe Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ポ po Template:MorseTemplate:Morse	ピャ pya Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ピュ pyu Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse	ピョ pyo Template:MorseTemplate:MorseTemplate:Morse

External links

• CW Wabun
• Japanese Code Wabun Morse
• The Silent War Against the Japanese Navy
• Code Breaking in the Pacific
• Katakana Man, The Most Secret of all Allied Operations in World War II in the Pacific