The Japanese Navy Signal Flags are a set of maritime signal flags for conveying messages in the Japanese language. The system generally uses the standard International Signal Flags, assigning both the letter, number and repeater flags to various kana, roughly following Iroha order for the standard letter flags. It also has several unique flags for some kana, as well as for conveying non-alphabetic messages.
ICS nameJapanese Navy nameFlagKanaWabun codeAlfaGozenい / イ "I"BravoAka (red)は / ハ "Ha"CharlieSisuに / ニ "Ni"DeltaTeshikiほ / ホ "Ho"EchoIsutoへ / ヘ "He"FoxtrotEfuち / チ "Chi"GolfShairoり / リ "Ri"HotelTakasoぬ / ヌ "Nu"IndiaTakutenDakutenJulietWabun code "Wo" =J Morse ()KiloKeわ / ワ "Wa"LimaEruか / カ "Ka"Mikeよ / ヨ "Yo"NovemberKirorenた / タ "Ta"OscarObaれ / レ "Re"Papaつ / ツ "Tsu"QuebecKinaね / ネ "Ne"RomeoAruな / ナ "Na"SierraKiganら / ラ "Ra"TangoTebuむ / ム "Mu"UniformYuう / ウ "U"VictorButく / ク "Ku"WhiskeyTafuryuせ / セ "Se" Does not match "W" in Morse code.Morse code "W" = "Ya" in Wabun code.XrayEtsukusuま / マ "Ma"YankeeWaiけ / ケ "Ke"ZuluZetsutoふ / フ "Fu"Repeater 1Seidoろ / ロ "Ro" No Morse representationRepeater 2Bangoん / ン "N" No Morse representationRepeater 3Sankaiさ / サ "Sa" No Morse representationNoneHoukuし / シ "Shi"NoneJinkeiゆ / ユ "Yu"NoneUndoと / ト "To"NoneTaibanNoneRekkonる / ル "Ru"Pennant 4Sentaiお / オ "O" Does not match "4" in Morse code
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