Hangul syllable Bulm

붊 is a grammatical form of the Korean verb 불다, “to blow.” It contributes the action “blowing” within a sentence; by itself, the syllable does not reveal its grammatical role.

A digitized Korean historical diary records 바람이 붊 in a sentence about wind blowing. The phrase shows the syllable doing ordinary grammatical work.

Hangul was completed in 1443 and formally proclaimed in 1446 to represent Korean more accurately than Chinese-character writing and make reading and writing easier. 붊 is not a specially invented sign; it is one possible assembly within Hangul. Each block places an initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant or consonants in a square, a layout also used alongside Chinese characters in mixed writing. During the Joseon period, Classical Chinese dominated public literary culture, while written Korean served private letters and later petitions.

How do I type 붊?

Type ㅂ, ㅜ, ㄹ, then ㅁ with a Korean input method.

On the standard two-set Korean keyboard, these consonant and vowel letters, called jamo, use q, n, f, and a. Korean input software combines them into the syllable block; without composition, they may appear as separate letters.

A font arranges the initial, vowel, and final inside a square syllable cell, so stroke shapes can vary by typeface without changing the text character.