A copolymerized polysilazane which comprises at least a repeating unit represented by the formula (I) below and a repeating unit represented by the formula (II) below and has a NR3/SiH1,2 ratio of 0.005 to 0.3, wherein SiH1,2 represents the total amount of SiH1 and SiH2,
- wherein
- R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, and
- R3 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkyl silyl group,
- wherein R1 and R2 represent the same meanings as above and wherein the copolymerized polysilazane has a SiH3/SiH1,2 ratio in the range of 0.05 to 0.4.