To provide a reed valve simply manufacturable at a high yield with excellent silencing effect and sealing performance.

The reed valve with a check valve mechanism for fluid comprises a platelike reed for providing substantial valve opening and closing motion as a valve element, and a valve body with a valve seat capable of contact with the reed to provide a check seal. The reed has a platelike carbon fiber element including carbon fiber, and a rubber layer formed on a valve seat side surface of the platelike carbon fiber element.