Mandarin Advanced Sorting Algorithm Advice

[MichaelGotAQuestion]

I have raw Chinese mandarin vocabulary lists for HSK5 in the format below*. I want to sort these so that the individual characters alphabetized and sorted by frequency as below**

*

阿姨	a1yi2
啊	a5
哎	ai1
矮	ai3
爱	ai4

**

Char	Pinyin	Freq.
哎	Ai1	1
矮	Ai3	1
爱	Ai4	11
唉	Ai4	1
安	An1	7
岸	An4	1

 

HSK5 has 2500 Chinese words to be learned all made up of one or more characters. I want them grouped in this way so i can learn them more easily using mnemonics. Any instruction as to what books to read or how to even begin writing the algorithm is welcome. i have no experience in writing algorithms but am willing to learn.