diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-03-31-15-37-02.bpo-47182.e_4SsC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-03-31-15-37-02.bpo-47182.e_4SsC.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..08036bc680933b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-03-31-15-37-02.bpo-47182.e_4SsC.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a crash when using a named unicode character like ``"\N{digit nine}"``
+after the main interpreter has been initialized a second time.
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 077cf8d7f45605..377fa6c8e2a28b 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -16352,6 +16352,9 @@ _PyUnicode_Fini(PyInterpreterState *interp)
     if (_Py_IsMainInterpreter(interp)) {
         // _PyUnicode_ClearInterned() must be called before _PyUnicode_Fini()
         assert(interned == NULL);
+        // bpo-47182: force a unicodedata CAPI capsule re-import on
+        // subsequent initialization of main interpreter.
+        ucnhash_capi = NULL;
     }
 
     _PyUnicode_FiniEncodings(&state->fs_codec);