晾
liàng
to dry in the air
(fig.) to cold-shoulder
sun (日) + capital (京) = dry something out in the air
京 mainly gives the sound liàng; the sun radical carries the meaning, evoking clothes or food left out under sunlight to dry. The figurative sense of cold-shouldering someone extends naturally from the image of leaving something out and ignored.
京Capital cityPhonetic
日The sunSemantic
她把洗好的衣服拿出去晾干。
tā bǎ xǐ hǎo de yīfu ná chū qù liàng gān。
She took the washed clothes outside to dry in the air.
他打电话过去，对方却一直晾着他不接。
tā dǎ diànhuà guò qù，duìfāng què yīzhí liàng zhe tā bù jiē。
He called over, but the other person kept cold-shouldering him and wouldn't pick up.