きん
錦
じょう
上
はな
花
　
を
そ
添
　
え
　
る

expression, Ichidan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to crown beauty with even greater glory.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
きん
錦
じょう
上
はな
花
　
を
そ
添
　
え
　
る
 錦上花を添える きんじょうはなをそえる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

brocade, fine dress, honors
にしき　キン　かね (11th, N1)
gold
キン　きむ　かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン　すべ.て　まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
to divide
cloth
ハク　きぬ (Kentei 1)
white
しろ　ハク　しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン　フク　おお.い (11th)
above, up
ジョウ　うえ　あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (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)
annexed, accompany, marry
そ.える　テン　そえ (7th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
grateful, indebted
テン　かたじけな.い (Kentei 1)
early death, calamity
ヨウ　オウ　カ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)