2767. The future is looking black for these characters. Why? 犬 土 ⺾+千 千+力 士+罒+貝

犬  KEN, inu - dog

土  DO, tsuchi - earth, soil

⺾+千  The "Kusakanmuri" radical - grass / SEN, chi - thousand

千+力  SEN, chi - thousand / RYOKU, RIKI, chikara - power

士+罒+貝  SHI - samurai, man, scholar / The "Yokome" radical - eye / KAI - shellfish

Add 黒 (KOKU, kuro(i) - black) and it's all there in black and white!  

黙  MOKU, dama(ru) - become silent, say nothing

墨  BOKU, sumi - ink

薫  KUN, kao(ru) - be fragrant, smell good

勲  KUN - merit

黷  TOKU, DOKU, kega(su), yogo(su) - dirty, sullen