It is one of the objects of the present disclosure to provide zinc oxide particles having improved ultraviolet shielding performance especially in the region of UV-A radiation at 400 to 320 nm. A cerium oxide-coated zinc oxide particle comprising a matrix raw zinc oxide particle and a cerium oxide layer formed on the surface of the matrix particle, wherein a cerium oxide amount is 5 to 30 wt% relative to 100 wt% of the zinc oxide, a particle diameter of the cerium oxide-coated zinc oxide particles is 0.01 µm or more, and a specific surface area of the cerium oxide-coated zinc oxide particle is 5.0 m 2 /g or more.提供一種400~320nm之UV-A波之區域中之紫外線遮蔽性能得到改善之氧化鋅粒子。一種氧化鈰被覆氧化鋅粒子，係由成為母體之原料氧化鋅粒子、及被覆形成於母體粒子表面之氧化鈰層構成，其特徵在於：關於氧化鈰之比率，相對於氧化鋅100重量%，氧化鈰量為5~30重量%，且該氧化鈰被覆氧化鋅粒子之粒徑為0.01μm以上，該氧化鈰被覆氧化鋅粒子之比表面積為5.0m2/g以上。
