(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
消 (xiāo) · 10 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.
息 (xī) · 10 strokes
Depicts a breath of air going into the nose (自). The lines representing breath were later reanalyzed as 心 (heart).