diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
index 0ebd9162eca4bb..f1548f1118d919 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
 # syntax classes
 SYNTAX_WHITESPACE, SYNTAX_WORD, SYNTAX_SYMBOL = range(3)
 
+def normalize_surrogates(s: str) -> str:
+    # Encode with surrogatepass, decode to normalize surrogate pairs
+    try:
+        return s.encode('utf-16', 'surrogatepass').decode('utf-16')
+    except UnicodeEncodeError:
+        return s  # fallback if encoding somehow fails
 
 def make_default_syntax_table() -> dict[str, int]:
     # XXX perhaps should use some unicodedata here?
@@ -759,4 +765,5 @@ def bind(self, spec: KeySpec, command: CommandName) -> None:
 
     def get_unicode(self) -> str:
         """Return the current buffer as a unicode string."""
-        return "".join(self.buffer)
+        text = "".join(self.buffer)
+        return normalize_surrogates(text)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-07-14-01-27-42.gh-issue-136595.964PbL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-07-14-01-27-42.gh-issue-136595.964PbL.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8aad9c6774f7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-07-14-01-27-42.gh-issue-136595.964PbL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a crash in the REPL on Windows when typing Unicode characters outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (≥ U+10000), such as emoji. These characters are now properly handled as surrogate pairs.