A direct Japanese name written in kanji and kept in the same characters in Chinese.
七兵衛 (Shichibee) is a classic Edo-period commoner's given name in the -bee/-emon family (compare
太郎 Tarō,
次郎 Jirō).
七 means "seventh" (often the seventh son),
兵衛 was originally a military guard rank. In Chinese subtitles for Japanese samurai dramas, the characters are read with Mandarin pronunciation.
