The correct pinyin of girl in Nu, but when you type nu in none of the first searches are "Nu", or even if u type just "n" for that matter.
Why does it not appear, as it is a pretty common word.
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Try 'nv'. It's actually 'nǚ' and since 'v' is not in mandarin pronunciation, it's quite reasonable to use 'v' in place.
The correct pinyin of girl in NuNo, the correct pinyin is nü, and since ü is hard to type on a standard English keyboard layout, they substituted it with v.