Abstract: A winding-type chip inductor having an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape and improved appearance is provided having external electrodes installed directly on a core which is adaptable to a bulk mounting of one-by-one system by a chip mounter. This chip inductor comprises a core consisting of a winding core and rectangular flanges, a first conductive film layer installed directly on the flanges, a winding wound around the winding core with both ends of the winding conductively fixed to the first conductive film layer, and an external covering material covering the outer periphery of the winding and shaped in a rectangular fashion.