How to use the chart
Each tile shows the key you would type, the symbol it becomes in Wingdings and the Unicode name of that symbol. Tap a tile to copy the symbol. To convert whole sentences, use the Wingdings translator.
The symbols here are standard Unicode characters, displayed with an open-source symbol font. The Wingdings font itself belongs to Microsoft and is not used or offered for download on this site.
Typing check marks in Word and Excel
The most common reason to look up Wingdings is to insert a check mark or a checkbox in Word or Excel. Set the cell or text to the Wingdings font, then type:
- ü for a check mark (Alt+0252)
- û for an X mark (Alt+0251)
- þ for a box with a check mark (Alt+0254)
- ý for a box with an X (Alt+0253)
- o for an empty box
If you only need the symbol in a message, copy it from the check marks section of the chart instead. Pasted Unicode symbols keep their shape even where Wingdings is not installed.
How the symbols are grouped
Wingdings follows the order of the keyboard character set rather than a theme, which is why neighbors can look unrelated. Numbers are office items such as folders, pages and computer parts. Uppercase letters are mostly hand gestures, faces, crosses and stars. The twelve zodiac signs run from the caret (^) to lowercase i: three sit on punctuation keys and nine on the letters a to i. The rest of the lowercase letters are shapes, ornaments and the command key symbol.
Other Wingdings fonts
This chart covers Wingdings only. Its three sibling fonts put different symbols on the same keys, and each has a full chart with names and code points on its own page: