Hangul syllable Gobs

It spells one Korean syllable, not an English word.

곲 combines ㄱ (initial consonant), ㅗ (vowel), and ㅄ (a two-part final consonant). “Gobs” is the Latin-letter label for that combination, not its translation. Because ㅗ is a horizontal-line vowel, ㄱ sits above it and final ㅄ below. The block records a syllable; its word meaning comes from the Korean word around it.

How do I type 곲?

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, enter r, h, q, then t.

With a QWERTY-labeled Korean 2-set layout, r enters ㄱ, h enters ㅗ, q enters ㅂ, and t enters ㅅ. The input method joins final ㅂ and ㅅ into ㅄ, so four keystrokes form 곲. If Latin letters appear instead, switch the active input source to Korean.

Why are Hangul letters written in blocks?

Blocks arrange the letters of one Hangul syllable together.

Hangul combines consonant and vowel letters in a block for each spoken syllable. Before Hangul, Korean writing used Chinese characters and adaptations of them—systems called Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal—to represent Korean.

The new system, Hunminjeongeum, is first recorded in the Sejong Sillok, a royal chronicle, in 1443. A 1446 book of the same name explained its principles and purpose: helping people communicate in Korean more easily. Buddhist and Confucian publications widened its use; Hangul was recognized as Korea’s national writing system in 1894. 곲 follows Hangul’s regular block pattern.