Hangul syllable bolh

봃 is a Korean syllable block; “bolh” is not a word translation. Hangul writes each Korean syllable as a compact block of letters. This one combines the initial consonant ㅂ, vowel ㅗ, and final cluster ㅀ (받침, batchim).

Unicode’s name “bolh” labels the jamo sequence rather than translating it. Its canonical decomposition is ᄇ + ᅩ + ᆶ. Read the block within the surrounding Korean word.

How did Hangul come to use syllable blocks?

Hangul groups Korean consonants and vowels into syllable blocks. The guide Hunminjeongeum (훈민정음), which explains Hangul, is first recorded in the Sejong Sillok, a royal chronicle, in 1443; an explanatory book followed in 1446. The system gave Korean speakers a regular set of consonant and vowel letters that combine into syllable blocks.

Modern Korean keeps that block structure. Unicode also represents older Hangul jamo and longer final sequences used in historical Korean writing.

How do I type 봃?

With Korean input active, type ㅂ, ㅗ, ㄹ, ㅎ in that order. A Korean IME (input method editor) combines the initial and vowel, then forms the final ㅀ from ㄹ and ㅎ.

If those inputs remain separate, the input method may not have composed them yet or may not support the double final. Unicode can also store the syllable as one precomposed block or as canonical jamo ᄇ + ᅩ + ᆶ; font shaping can change their appearance without changing the character.