Complex sentence: The modern sun symbol, a circle with a dot (☉), first appeared in Europe in the Renaissance, though it was also the ancient Chinese character for "sun", which gave rise to the modern character 日.
Split into simpler sentences: The modern sun symbol, a circle with a dot (☉), first appeared in Europe in the Renaissance. A similar symbol was also the ancient Chinese character for "sun", which gave rise to the modern character 日.