male Buddhist novice; young monk in training
Refers to a young male who has entered a Buddhist monastery but has not yet received full ordination. The reading さみ is less common.
He became a novice monk at a young age and devoted himself to training.
the ten precepts (for novice monks)
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term.
Borrowed from Sanskrit śrāmaṇera via Chinese, referring to a novice Buddhist monk.