To provide a pencil lead having bending strength and dense handwriting without causing poor appearance such as crack, swelling, etc., on the surface.

The fired pencil lead includes silsesquioxane as a filler in a raw material. The fired pencil lead satisfying both bending strength and dense handwriting is obtained since the filler has excellent dispersibility in a binder, poor appearances such as crack, swelling, etc., on the surface do not occur, orientation of extender is not disturbed and binding between the extender and a carbonized material is increased.