NOVELTY - Rare earth permanent magnet is in the form of sintered magnet component containing composition containing rare earth elements, scandium and/or yttrium, terbium and/or dysprosium, iron and/or cobalt, boron and/or carbon, and aluminum, copper, zinc, indium, silicon, phosphorus, manganese, gallium, molybdenum, lead, antimony, hafnium, tantalum and/or tungsten. Rare earth permanent magnet is obtained by absorbing fluoride of dysprosium and/or terbium through surface of sintered magnetic component formed from mother alloy containing neodymium and/or praseodymium.    USE - Rare earth permanent magnet is used for domestic appliances, industrial equipments, electric vehicles, wind power generators, motors and pickup actuators.    ADVANTAGE - The rare earth permanent magnet has high coercive force.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A rare earth permanent magnet is in the form of sintered magnet component having fluorine-containing composition of formula: EaE'bTcAdFeOfMg (I), where E is rare earth elements, scandium and/or yttrium, excluding terbium and dysprosium, E' is terbium and/or dysprosium, T is iron and/or cobalt, A is boron and/or carbon, M is aluminum, copper, zinc, indium, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, nickel, gallium, germanium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, lead, silver, cadmium, tin, antimony, hafnium, tantalum and/or tungsten, a+b is 10-15, b is 0.01-8, d is 3-15, e is 0.1-4, f is 0.04-4, g is 0.01-11 and c is remainder value. The magnet component has a center and a surface. The rare earth permanent magnet is obtained by absorbing fluoride of dysprosium and/or terbium through surface of sintered magnetic component prepared from mother alloy containing neodymium and/or praseodymium. Fluorine, and terbium and/or dysprosium are distributed, such that their concentration increases on average from the center towards surface of the magnet component. Grain boundaries having E' concentration (E'/(E+E')) higher than the E' concentration (E'/(E+E')) contained in primary phase grains ((E,E')2T14A) tetragonal system, form three-dimensional network structure which is continuous from the magnet component surface to the depth of 10 mu m or less. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacture of rare earth permanent magnet.