Why do we draw the Sun as a circle with lines (rays) coming out of it?

Question

If I look at the sun (Don’t do it) all I can see is a bright/white circle, why do we draw rays or where does this tradition comes from?

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I mean, not completely sure about the tradition, but I am fairly certain you get a good amount of glare coming off the sun, which coincidentally looks like lines coming from a ball