diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py b/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py
index e7f569c..c619d27 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py
@@ -1,49 +1,50 @@
 # The most useful windows datatypes
-from ctypes import *
+import ctypes
 
-BYTE = c_byte
-WORD = c_ushort
-DWORD = c_ulong
+BYTE = ctypes.c_byte
+WORD = ctypes.c_ushort
+DWORD = ctypes.c_ulong
 
-WCHAR = c_wchar
-UINT = c_uint
-INT = c_int
+#UCHAR = ctypes.c_uchar
+CHAR = ctypes.c_char
+WCHAR = ctypes.c_wchar
+UINT = ctypes.c_uint
+INT = ctypes.c_int
 
-DOUBLE = c_double
-FLOAT = c_float
+DOUBLE = ctypes.c_double
+FLOAT = ctypes.c_float
 
 BOOLEAN = BYTE
-BOOL = c_long
+BOOL = ctypes.c_long
 
-from ctypes import _SimpleCData
-class VARIANT_BOOL(_SimpleCData):
+class VARIANT_BOOL(ctypes._SimpleCData):
     _type_ = "v"
     def __repr__(self):
         return "%s(%r)" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.value)
 
-ULONG = c_ulong
-LONG = c_long
+ULONG = ctypes.c_ulong
+LONG = ctypes.c_long
 
-USHORT = c_ushort
-SHORT = c_short
+USHORT = ctypes.c_ushort
+SHORT = ctypes.c_short
 
 # in the windows header files, these are structures.
-_LARGE_INTEGER = LARGE_INTEGER = c_longlong
-_ULARGE_INTEGER = ULARGE_INTEGER = c_ulonglong
+_LARGE_INTEGER = LARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.c_longlong
+_ULARGE_INTEGER = ULARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.c_ulonglong
 
-LPCOLESTR = LPOLESTR = OLESTR = c_wchar_p
-LPCWSTR = LPWSTR = c_wchar_p
-LPCSTR = LPSTR = c_char_p
-LPCVOID = LPVOID = c_void_p
+LPCOLESTR = LPOLESTR = OLESTR = ctypes.c_wchar_p
+LPCWSTR = LPWSTR = ctypes.c_wchar_p
+LPCSTR = LPSTR = ctypes.c_char_p
+LPCVOID = LPVOID = ctypes.c_void_p
 
 # WPARAM is defined as UINT_PTR (unsigned type)
 # LPARAM is defined as LONG_PTR (signed type)
-if sizeof(c_long) == sizeof(c_void_p):
-    WPARAM = c_ulong
-    LPARAM = c_long
-elif sizeof(c_longlong) == sizeof(c_void_p):
-    WPARAM = c_ulonglong
-    LPARAM = c_longlong
+if ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_long) == ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_void_p):
+    WPARAM = ctypes.c_ulong
+    LPARAM = ctypes.c_long
+elif ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_longlong) == ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_void_p):
+    WPARAM = ctypes.c_ulonglong
+    LPARAM = ctypes.c_longlong
 
 ATOM = WORD
 LANGID = WORD
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
 
 ################################################################
 # HANDLE types
-HANDLE = c_void_p # in the header files: void *
+HANDLE = ctypes.c_void_p # in the header files: void *
 
 HACCEL = HANDLE
 HBITMAP = HANDLE
@@ -93,45 +94,45 @@
 ################################################################
 # Some important structure definitions
 
-class RECT(Structure):
-    _fields_ = [("left", c_long),
-                ("top", c_long),
-                ("right", c_long),
-                ("bottom", c_long)]
+class RECT(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("left", LONG),
+                ("top", LONG),
+                ("right", LONG),
+                ("bottom", LONG)]
 tagRECT = _RECTL = RECTL = RECT
 
-class _SMALL_RECT(Structure):
-    _fields_ = [('Left', c_short),
-                ('Top', c_short),
-                ('Right', c_short),
-                ('Bottom', c_short)]
+class _SMALL_RECT(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [('Left', SHORT),
+                ('Top', SHORT),
+                ('Right', SHORT),
+                ('Bottom', SHORT)]
 SMALL_RECT = _SMALL_RECT
 
-class _COORD(Structure):
-    _fields_ = [('X', c_short),
-                ('Y', c_short)]
+class _COORD(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [('X', SHORT),
+                ('Y', SHORT)]
 
-class POINT(Structure):
-    _fields_ = [("x", c_long),
-                ("y", c_long)]
+class POINT(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("x", LONG),
+                ("y", LONG)]
 tagPOINT = _POINTL = POINTL = POINT
 
-class SIZE(Structure):
-    _fields_ = [("cx", c_long),
-                ("cy", c_long)]
+class SIZE(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("cx", LONG),
+                ("cy", LONG)]
 tagSIZE = SIZEL = SIZE
 
 def RGB(red, green, blue):
     return red + (green << 8) + (blue << 16)
 
-class FILETIME(Structure):
+class FILETIME(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("dwLowDateTime", DWORD),
                 ("dwHighDateTime", DWORD)]
 _FILETIME = FILETIME
 
-class MSG(Structure):
+class MSG(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("hWnd", HWND),
-                ("message", c_uint),
+                ("message", UINT),
                 ("wParam", WPARAM),
                 ("lParam", LPARAM),
                 ("time", DWORD),
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
 tagMSG = MSG
 MAX_PATH = 260
 
-class WIN32_FIND_DATAA(Structure):
+class WIN32_FIND_DATAA(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("dwFileAttributes", DWORD),
                 ("ftCreationTime", FILETIME),
                 ("ftLastAccessTime", FILETIME),
@@ -148,10 +149,10 @@
                 ("nFileSizeLow", DWORD),
                 ("dwReserved0", DWORD),
                 ("dwReserved1", DWORD),
-                ("cFileName", c_char * MAX_PATH),
-                ("cAlternateFileName", c_char * 14)]
+                ("cFileName", CHAR * MAX_PATH),
+                ("cAlternateFileName", CHAR * 14)]
 
-class WIN32_FIND_DATAW(Structure):
+class WIN32_FIND_DATAW(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("dwFileAttributes", DWORD),
                 ("ftCreationTime", FILETIME),
                 ("ftLastAccessTime", FILETIME),
@@ -160,22 +161,42 @@
                 ("nFileSizeLow", DWORD),
                 ("dwReserved0", DWORD),
                 ("dwReserved1", DWORD),
-                ("cFileName", c_wchar * MAX_PATH),
-                ("cAlternateFileName", c_wchar * 14)]
+                ("cFileName", WCHAR * MAX_PATH),
+                ("cAlternateFileName", WCHAR * 14)]
 
-__all__ = ['ATOM', 'BOOL', 'BOOLEAN', 'BYTE', 'COLORREF', 'DOUBLE', 'DWORD',
-           'FILETIME', 'FLOAT', 'HACCEL', 'HANDLE', 'HBITMAP', 'HBRUSH',
-           'HCOLORSPACE', 'HDC', 'HDESK', 'HDWP', 'HENHMETAFILE', 'HFONT',
-           'HGDIOBJ', 'HGLOBAL', 'HHOOK', 'HICON', 'HINSTANCE', 'HKEY',
-           'HKL', 'HLOCAL', 'HMENU', 'HMETAFILE', 'HMODULE', 'HMONITOR',
-           'HPALETTE', 'HPEN', 'HRGN', 'HRSRC', 'HSTR', 'HTASK', 'HWINSTA',
-           'HWND', 'INT', 'LANGID', 'LARGE_INTEGER', 'LCID', 'LCTYPE',
-           'LGRPID', 'LONG', 'LPARAM', 'LPCOLESTR', 'LPCSTR', 'LPCVOID',
-           'LPCWSTR', 'LPOLESTR', 'LPSTR', 'LPVOID', 'LPWSTR', 'MAX_PATH',
-           'MSG', 'OLESTR', 'POINT', 'POINTL', 'RECT', 'RECTL', 'RGB',
-           'SC_HANDLE', 'SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE', 'SHORT', 'SIZE', 'SIZEL',
-           'SMALL_RECT', 'UINT', 'ULARGE_INTEGER', 'ULONG', 'USHORT',
-           'VARIANT_BOOL', 'WCHAR', 'WIN32_FIND_DATAA', 'WIN32_FIND_DATAW',
-           'WORD', 'WPARAM', '_COORD', '_FILETIME', '_LARGE_INTEGER',
-           '_POINTL', '_RECTL', '_SMALL_RECT', '_ULARGE_INTEGER', 'tagMSG',
-           'tagPOINT', 'tagRECT', 'tagSIZE']
+################################################################
+# Pointer types
+
+LPBOOL = PBOOL = ctypes.POINTER(BOOL)
+PBOOLEAN = ctypes.POINTER(BOOLEAN)
+LPBYTE = PBYTE = ctypes.POINTER(BYTE)
+PCHAR = ctypes.POINTER(CHAR)
+LPCOLORREF = ctypes.POINTER(COLORREF)
+LPDWORD = PDWORD = ctypes.POINTER(DWORD)
+LPFILETIME = PFILETIME = ctypes.POINTER(FILETIME)
+PFLOAT = ctypes.POINTER(FLOAT)
+LPHANDLE = PHANDLE = ctypes.POINTER(HANDLE)
+PHKEY = ctypes.POINTER(HKEY)
+LPHKL = ctypes.POINTER(HKL)
+LPINT = PINT = ctypes.POINTER(INT)
+PLARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.POINTER(LARGE_INTEGER)
+PLCID = ctypes.POINTER(LCID)
+LPLONG = PLONG = ctypes.POINTER(LONG)
+LPMSG = PMSG = ctypes.POINTER(MSG)
+LPPOINT = PPOINT = ctypes.POINTER(POINT)
+PPOINTL = ctypes.POINTER(POINTL)
+LPRECT = PRECT = ctypes.POINTER(RECT)
+LPRECTL = PRECTL = ctypes.POINTER(RECTL)
+LPSC_HANDLE = ctypes.POINTER(SC_HANDLE)
+PSHORT = ctypes.POINTER(SHORT)
+LPSIZE = PSIZE = ctypes.POINTER(SIZE)
+LPSIZEL = PSIZEL = ctypes.POINTER(SIZEL)
+PSMALL_RECT = ctypes.POINTER(SMALL_RECT)
+LPUINT = PUINT = ctypes.POINTER(UINT)
+PULARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.POINTER(ULARGE_INTEGER)
+PULONG = ctypes.POINTER(ULONG)
+PUSHORT = ctypes.POINTER(USHORT)
+PWCHAR = ctypes.POINTER(WCHAR)
+LPWIN32_FIND_DATAA = PWIN32_FIND_DATAA = ctypes.POINTER(WIN32_FIND_DATAA)
+LPWIN32_FIND_DATAW = PWIN32_FIND_DATAW = ctypes.POINTER(WIN32_FIND_DATAW)
+LPWORD = PWORD = ctypes.POINTER(WORD)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8d8a9b3..a25da82 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #3612: Added new types to ctypes.wintypes. (CHAR and pointers)
+
 - Issue #9950: Fix socket.sendall() crash or misbehaviour when a signal is
   received.  Now sendall() properly calls signal handlers if necessary,
   and retries sending if these returned successfully, including on sockets