sorting dictionary by value in ptyhon code example

Example 1: how can I sort a dictionary in python according to its values?

s = {1: 1, 7: 2, 4: 2, 3: 1, 8: 1}
k = dict(sorted(s.items(),key=lambda x:x[0],reverse = True))
print(k)

Example 2: python - sort dictionary by value

d = {'one':1,'three':3,'five':5,'two':2,'four':4}

# Sort
a = sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])

# Reverse sort
r = sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)