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The character 阳 (simplified from 陽) uses the left-side ear radical 阝, which denotes a hill or landform in that position. Its traditional form includes the right component 昜, which depicts the sun shining and serves as both a semantic and phonetic element; the simplified version reduces this to the sun radical 日. Originally, the term described the sunny, south-facing slope of a hill or the sunlit north bank of a river. This concrete sense of brightness and exposure provided the basis for its extended philosophical meaning as the masculine, active, and luminous principle in dualistic cosmology.
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今天的阳光很温暖。
阳台上的花开了。
洛阳是历史悠久的城市。
太阳从东方升起。
他性格很阳光。
太阳能是清洁能源。
夕阳把天空染成金色。
阳台上晒太阳有利于健康。