Japanese Navy Signal Flags

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The Japanese Navy Signal Flags are a set of maritime signal flags for conveying messages in the Japanese language. [1] 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 name Japanese Navy nameFlagKanaWabun code
AlfaGozen ICS Alpha.svg い / イ
"I"
   
BravoAka (red) ICS Bravo.svg は / ハ
"Ha"
     
CharlieSisu ICS Charlie.svg に / ニ
"Ni"
     
DeltaTeshiki ICS Delta.svg ほ / ホ
"Ho"
    
EchoIsuto ICS Echo.svg へ / ヘ
"He"
  
FoxtrotEfu ICS Foxtrot.svg ち / チ
"Chi"
     
GolfShairo ICS Golf.svg り / リ
"Ri"
    
HotelTakaso ICS Hotel.svg ぬ / ヌ
"Nu"
     
IndiaTakuten ICS India.svg Dakuten    
Juliet ICS Juliett.svg Wabun code "Wo" =
J Morse (     )
KiloKe ICS Kilo.svg わ / ワ
"Wa"
    
LimaEru ICS Lima.svg か / カ
"Ka"
     
Mike ICS Mike.svg よ / ヨ
"Yo"
   
NovemberKiroren ICS November.svg た / タ
"Ta"
   
OscarOba ICS Oscar.svg れ / レ
"Re"
    
Papa ICS Papa.svg つ / ツ
"Tsu"
     
QuebecKina ICS Quebec.svg ね / ネ
"Ne"
     
RomeoAru ICS Romeo.svg な / ナ
"Na"
    
SierraKigan ICS Sierra.svg ら / ラ
"Ra"
    
TangoTebu ICS Tango.svg む / ム
"Mu"
  
UniformYu ICS Uniform.svg う / ウ
"U"
    
VictorBut ICS Victor.svg く / ク
"Ku"
     
WhiskeyTafuryu ICS Whiskey.svg せ / セ
"Se"
       Does not match "W" in Morse code.
Morse code "W" = "Ya" in Wabun code.
XrayEtsukusu ICS X-ray.svg ま / マ
"Ma"
     
YankeeWai ICS Yankee.svg け / ケ
"Ke"
     
ZuluZetsuto ICS Zulu.svg ふ / フ
"Fu"
     
Repeater 1Seido ICS Repeat One.svg ろ / ロ
"Ro"
      No Morse representation
Repeater 2Bango ICS Repeat Two.svg ん / ン
"N"
       No Morse representation
Repeater 3Sankai ICS Repeat Three.svg さ / サ
"Sa"
       No Morse representation
NoneHouku IJN pennant Shi.svg し / シ
"Shi"
      
NoneJinkei IJN pennant Yu.svg ゆ / ユ
"Yu"
      
NoneUndo IJN pennant To.svg と / ト
"To"
      
NoneTaiban IJN pennant Chi.svg
NoneRekkon IJN pennant Ru.svg る / ル
"Ru"
      
Pennant 4Sentai ICS Pennant Four.svg お / オ
"O"
       Does not match "4" in Morse code
  1. Dickson, David, Japanese Navy Signal Flags (PDF), retrieved 20 April 2020