Notation

Notation is shorthand for writing out game input. It's used extensively throughout both this wiki and the wider Tekken community.

Wavu Wiki notation

Basic Input

Notation	Meaning
1	Left Punch
2	Right Punch
3	Left Kick
4	Right Kick

Notation	Meaning
u	Up
d	Down
f	Forward
b	Backward

Notation	Meaning	Example
/	Pressed together	u/f
+	Pressed together	1+2
,	Followed by	1,2
~	Followed by, immediately	1~2
:	Followed by, frame perfectly	1:2
<	Followed by, with delayed input	1<2

Other notation styles

Two widely used styles different from Wavu Wiki's are Iron Fist (also known as official or in-game notation) and numpad (also known as anime notation). Numpad style is so-named because the directional inputs are based on their position on a numpad.

	Wavu Wiki	Iron Fist	Numpad
Left Punch	1	1	LP
Right Punch	2	2	RP
Left Kick	3	3	LK
Right Kick	4	4	RK
Left Punch and Right Punch	1+2	1+2	LP+RP
Left Punch and Right Punch and Left Kick	1+2+3	1+2+3	LP+RP+LK
Ki Charge	1+2+3+4	1+2+3+4	LP+RP+LK+RK
Up	u	u	8
Down	d	d	2
Forward	f	f	6
Backward	b	b	4
Neutral (no direction)	n	n	5
Up Forward	u/f	u/f	9
Down Forward	d/f	d/f	3
Down Back	d/b	d/b	1
Up Back	u/b	u/b	7
Up (Hold)	U	U
Down (Hold)	D	D
Forward (Hold)	F	F
Backward (Hold)	B	B
Up Forward (Hold)	U/F	U/F
Down Forward (Hold)	D/F	D/F
Down Back (Hold)	D/B	D/B
Up Back (Hold)	U/B	U/B
Left Punch then Right Punch, very quickly	1~2	[12]	LP~RP
Combo Example	u/f+4 f,F+3	u/f4>fF3	9RK,66LK

Numpad style is more common in South Korea and Japan. In Japan, LP+RP and LK+RK are often shortened to WP and WK respectively.