Is there a way to automatically learn the words in the order of the hsk textbooks? There seems to be a lot of “filler” words that are not strictly required for hsk purposes.
It’s rather painful exercise to individually prioritize every word.
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There is currently no way to filter out non-HSK words.
Our target (for now, likely increasing later) is to have at least 2 words per character as we find that to be a good minimum for character reinforcement. This is why there are some non-HSK words taught, as the HSK can sometimes have only one (or no) words for a given character.
Additionally, in some cases the HSK does contain a word for a character, but it exists at a much higher HSK level than the character itself. In such cases, the other character within the word is usually at a higher HSK level too, thus learned later in the HanziHero curriculum. This requires us to still resort to non-HSK words in this scenario to make sure character reinforcement can happen soon after learning the character, instead of months later.
Of the ~1300 words we currently have in the curriculum (an amount that increases by ~50 per week), <25% are non-HSK words. That percentage will likely go down over time, as I find myself less and less often reaching outside of the HSK list when doing my weekly curriculum work.
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thanks for the details. <25% is quite ok.
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