expression, noun

Idiomatic expression.
  1. prize beyond one's reach, unattainable object, woman who is out of one's league, flower on a high peak.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
高嶺の花 たかねのはな
 
高値の花 たかねのはな
 
高根の花 たかねのはな
 
高値の華 たかねのはな
 
高嶺の華 たかねのはな
 
高根の華 たかねのはな

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tall, high, expensive
コウ たか.い た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
peak, summit
みね レイ ね (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
jurisdiction, dominion, territory
リョウ えり よう (5th, N2)
orders, laws, command
レイ りょう のり (4th, N2)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
flower
はな カ ケ (1st, N4)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
change, take the form of, influence
カ ば.ける ケ (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)