In Christian angelology, cherubim typically have four wings.
This image comes chiefly from the prophet Ezekiel’s visions, especially chapters 1 and 10. Ezekiel describes four living creatures, later identified as cherubim, with four faces and four wings. Two wings extend upward and meet the wings of the neighboring creatures, while the other two cover their bodies.
Their four faces are traditionally understood as a human, lion, ox, and eagle, representing humanity, wild animals, domestic animals, and birds. Later Christian art often simplified this striking vision, and medieval and Renaissance artists increasingly portrayed cherubim as small, winged children—an image that can obscure their original, formidable description.
Cherubim are not the same as seraphim: Isaiah’s seraphim have six wings, while the cherubim in Ezekiel’s vision have four. Depictions and interpretations vary across Jewish and Christian traditions, but four wings is the standard answer for the biblical cherubim described in Ezekiel.