WebWei (Hanzi: 魏; pinyin: Wèi < Middle Chinese: *ŋjwei C < Eastern Han Chinese: *ŋui C) (220–266), known as Cao Wei (曹魏) or Former Wei in historiography, was a dynastic state of China and one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China in the Three Kingdoms period.
WebWei (/ w eɪ /; Chinese: 魏; pinyin: Wèi; Old Chinese: * N-qʰuj-s) was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin, together with Han and Zhao.