To provide a field emission cold cathode element which is prevented from being broken by inhibiting generation of a potential difference between a gate electrode and an emitter.

The field emission cold cathode element comprises a plurality of the emitters 4 formed so as to respectively project from a substrate 6; a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode 5B formed for applying a voltage to each of emitters 4 so that the emitters 4 emit electrons; and at least one short-circuiting wire 1B for short-circuiting between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode 5B.