What does 変 mean?
変 is a Japanese noun meaning “strange, odd” in English. It can also be translated as “unexpected, change, incident” depending on context. It is written as 変 in kanji, へん in hiragana, and hen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
Example sentence
そのオレンジは後味が変だった。
The orange left a strange taste in my mouth.