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Notation is shorthand for game input. It's used extensively throughout both this wiki and the wider Tekken community. Notation is distinct from abbreviations and jargon, which are described in the glossary.

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
n	Neutral (no direction)
U	Up (Hold)
D	Down (Hold)
F	Forward (Hold)
B	Backward (Hold)

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
^	Held input	1^

Combo annotations

Notation	Meaning
S!	Screw
F!	Floor break
W!	Wall splat or wall bounce
WB!	Wall break

Spaces and commas

Spaces are only used to separate strings, and for stance, counter-hit, and combo annotations.

Stances, e.g. "HMS u/f+4", and counter-hits, e.g "CH b+4", use spaces since otherwise their letters would press against any directional inputs and look ugly.

For this purpose, "FC" is considered a stance, but "ws" and "wr" are not, since the latter never have extra directional input. This also applies to other movement stances like "cd" whose moves don't have extra directional inputs.

Commas are used to separate inputs within a string.

Motion inputs

Motion inputs must specify when the final directional input is a hold. This clarifies that the attack input can't be pressed on the same frame. It also often indicates that the input can't be fully buffered.

Character	Move	Explanation
Bryan	f,b+2	The b and 2 can be pressed on the same frame, will still work if b is pressed earlier
Heihachi	f,F+2	The second F must be pressed and held at least one frame before the 2
Heihachi	d,d/f,f+2	The f and 2 can be pressed on the same frame, will still work if f is pressed earlier
Lee	d,D/B+4	The D/B must be pressed and held at least one frame before the 4

Other notation styles

Two different notable notation styles 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
1	1	LP
2	2	RP
3	3	LK
4	4	RK
1+2	1+2	LP+RP
1+2+3	1+2+3	LP+RP+LK
1+2+3+4	1+2+3+4	LP+RP+LK+RK

Wavu Wiki	Iron Fist	Numpad
u	u	8
d	d	2
f	f	6
b	b	4
n	n	5
u/f	u/f	9
d/f	d/f	3
d/b	d/b	1
u/b	u/b	7

Wavu Wiki	Iron Fist	Numpad
U	U
D	D
F	F
B	B
U/F	U/F
D/F	D/F
D/B	D/B
U/B	U/B

Wavu Wiki	Iron Fist	Numpad
1~2	[12]	LP~RP
u/f+4 f,F+3	u/f4>fF3	9RK,66LK
d,D/B+4 3~3:4	dD/B4>[33]:4	21RK,LK~LK:RK

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.

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 == Spaces and commas ==
-Spaces are only used to separate strings, and for stance and combo annotations.
+Spaces are only used to separate strings, and for stance, counter-hit, and combo annotations.
 Stances, e.g. "HMS u/f+4", and counter-hits, e.g "CH b+4", use spaces since otherwise their letters would press against any directional inputs and look ugly.