禾蟲

禾虫
héchóng

ragworm (Tylorrhynchus heterochaeta), a delicacy in Vietnamese cuisine.

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 禾 hé (bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
=2 蟲 chóng
  1. lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
  2. (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

classifiers: 條, 隻
=2 蟲 zhòng
  1. (obsolete, of insect) to bite; to eat
  2. to bite; to eat