Piezoelectric ceramics containing PbO and TiO.sub.2 as its principal constituents, and further containing 0.5 to 3.7 mol-% of Nd.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 0.2 to 1.5 mol-% of MnO.sub.2. Since the piezoelectric ceramics is low in the dielectric constant and is especially small in the temperature coefficient of the delay of surface acoustic waves, it is suitable for a surface acoustic wave device. Piezoelectric ceramics in which 0.3 to 3.3 mol-% of In.sub.2 O.sub.3 is further added to the above-mentioned composition has a still smaller temperature coefficient of the delay of surface acoustic waves, and it is also possible to make this coefficient zero.