ရှ

Apparently from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ra-t (“to cut, slash”); compare Tibetan དྲ (dra, “to cut, prune”), Old Chinese 剌 (OC *raːd, “wicked; to cut, hurt”), 割 (OC *kaːd, “to cut, harm”) (STEDT).

• IPA^(key): /ʃa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hra. • ALA-LC: rha • BGN/PCGN: sha. • Okell: hyá

ရှ • (hra.)

1. to cut superficially
2. to abrade
3. (of power) to be effective
4. to taste sharp

• “ရှ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.