たか
高
ね
嶺
　
の
はな
花

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
たか
高
ね
嶺
　
の
はな
花
 高嶺の花 たかねのはな
たか
高
ね
根
　
の
はな
花
 高根の花 たかねのはな
たか
高
ね
値
　
の
はな
花
 高値の花 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)