Kanji 徒 on foot, junior, emptiness 直 straightaway, honesty, frankness Related words 庶民 refers to the common people as a social class, while 徒人 emphasizes a single individual's lack of title or rank.
凡人 describes someone of ordinary or unremarkable ability, whereas 徒人 is about lacking official rank or title, not talent.
平民 is a historical/legal class term for commoners under a rank system, while 徒人 is a more literary word for an untitled individual.
Counted with The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり ), 二人 (ふたり ), 三人 (さんにん ).
Used when referring to people in an impersonal or formal counting context; for a general noun like this, 人 is the most natural everyday counter.
Etymology Compound of 徒 (ただ , 'ordinary, mere') + 人 (ひと , 'person'), with rendaku voicing to びと . The kanji 徒 carries the sense of 'just, only, empty' and is used in words like 徒歩 (とほ , 'walking') and 徒に (いたずらに , 'in vain'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is attested in classical Japanese.
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