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.
彼は若くして沙弥となり、修行に励んだ。
He became a novice monk at a young age and devoted himself to training.
female Buddhist novice
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.