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Originally Posted by RadioKid
日 is related to Day, day-time and day-light while 陽 is related to sun and sun-light.
太陽 means exactly "sun" itself.
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That's not quite accurate.
Otherwise you won't be able to explain why 日没 means sunset and why Japan is called 日本 and why the symbol of the self defence army flag is called 旭日（きょくじつ）. They both can mean sun but with different compounds.