diff --git a/packages/vant/src/area/Area.tsx b/packages/vant/src/area/Area.tsx
index 022d6c060..ef96f3a8e 100644
--- a/packages/vant/src/area/Area.tsx
+++ b/packages/vant/src/area/Area.tsx
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@ import {
   ref,
   watch,
   computed,
-  reactive,
-  nextTick,
-  onMounted,
   defineComponent,
   type PropType,
   type ExtractPropTypes,
 } from 'vue';
 
 // Utils
-import { deepClone } from '../utils/deep-clone';
 import {
   pick,
   extend,
@@ -20,19 +16,16 @@ import {
   createNamespace,
 } from '../utils';
 import { pickerSharedProps } from '../picker/Picker';
-
-// Composables
-import { useExpose } from '../composables/use-expose';
+import { formatDataForCascade } from './utils';
 
 // Components
-import { Picker, PickerInstance } from '../picker';
+import { Picker } from '../picker';
 
 // Types
-import type { AreaList, AreaColumnType, AreaColumnOption } from './types';
+import type { AreaList } from './types';
 
 const [name, bem] = createNamespace('area');
 
-const EMPTY_CODE = '000000';
 const INHERIT_SLOTS = [
   'title',
   'cancel',
@@ -52,20 +45,14 @@ const INHERIT_PROPS = [
   'confirmButtonText',
 ] as const;
 
-const isOverseaCode = (code: string) => code[0] === '9';
-
 const areaProps = extend({}, pickerSharedProps, {
-  value: String,
+  modelValue: String,
   columnsNum: makeNumericProp(3),
   columnsPlaceholder: makeArrayProp<string>(),
   areaList: {
     type: Object as PropType<AreaList>,
     default: () => ({}),
   },
-  isOverseaCode: {
-    type: Function as PropType<(code: string) => boolean>,
-    default: isOverseaCode,
-  },
 });
 
 export type AreaProps = ExtractPropTypes<typeof areaProps>;
@@ -75,262 +62,62 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
   props: areaProps,
 
-  emits: ['change', 'confirm', 'cancel'],
+  emits: ['change', 'confirm', 'cancel', 'update:modelValue'],
 
   setup(props, { emit, slots }) {
-    const pickerRef = ref<PickerInstance>();
+    const codes = ref<string[]>([]);
 
-    const state = reactive({
-      code: props.value,
-      columns: [{ values: [] }, { values: [] }, { values: [] }],
-    });
-
-    const areaList = computed(() => {
-      const { areaList } = props;
-      return {
-        province: areaList.province_list || {},
-        city: areaList.city_list || {},
-        county: areaList.county_list || {},
-      };
-    });
-
-    const placeholderMap = computed(() => {
-      const { columnsPlaceholder } = props;
-      return {
-        province: columnsPlaceholder[0] || '',
-        city: columnsPlaceholder[1] || '',
-        county: columnsPlaceholder[2] || '',
-      };
-    });
-
-    const getDefaultCode = () => {
-      if (props.columnsPlaceholder.length) {
-        return EMPTY_CODE;
-      }
-
-      const { county, city } = areaList.value;
-
-      const countyCodes = Object.keys(county);
-      if (countyCodes[0]) {
-        return countyCodes[0];
-      }
-
-      const cityCodes = Object.keys(city);
-      if (cityCodes[0]) {
-        return cityCodes[0];
-      }
-
-      return '';
-    };
-
-    const getColumnValues = (type: AreaColumnType, code?: string) => {
-      let column: AreaColumnOption[] = [];
-      if (type !== 'province' && !code) {
-        return column;
-      }
-
-      const list = areaList.value[type];
-      column = Object.keys(list).map((listCode) => ({
-        code: listCode,
-        name: list[listCode],
-      }));
-
-      if (code) {
-        // oversea code
-        if (type === 'city' && props.isOverseaCode(code)) {
-          code = '9';
-        }
-        column = column.filter((item) => item.code.indexOf(code!) === 0);
-      }
-
-      if (placeholderMap.value[type] && column.length) {
-        // set columns placeholder
-        let codeFill = '';
-        if (type === 'city') {
-          codeFill = EMPTY_CODE.slice(2, 4);
-        } else if (type === 'county') {
-          codeFill = EMPTY_CODE.slice(4, 6);
-        }
-
-        column.unshift({
-          code: code + codeFill,
-          name: placeholderMap.value[type],
-        });
-      }
-
-      return column;
-    };
-
-    // get index by code
-    const getIndex = (type: AreaColumnType, code: string) => {
-      let compareNum = code.length;
-      if (type === 'province') {
-        compareNum = props.isOverseaCode(code) ? 1 : 2;
-      }
-      if (type === 'city') {
-        compareNum = 4;
-      }
-
-      code = code.slice(0, compareNum);
-
-      const list = getColumnValues(
-        type,
-        compareNum > 2 ? code.slice(0, compareNum - 2) : ''
-      );
-
-      for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
-        if (list[i].code.slice(0, compareNum) === code) {
-          return i;
-        }
-      }
-
-      return 0;
-    };
-
-    const setValues = () => {
-      const picker = pickerRef.value;
-
-      if (!picker) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      let code = state.code || getDefaultCode();
-      const province = getColumnValues('province');
-      const city = getColumnValues('city', code.slice(0, 2));
-      picker.setColumnValues(0, province);
-      picker.setColumnValues(1, city);
-
-      if (
-        city.length &&
-        code.slice(2, 4) === '00' &&
-        !props.isOverseaCode(code)
-      ) {
-        [{ code }] = city;
-      }
-
-      picker.setColumnValues(2, getColumnValues('county', code.slice(0, 4)));
-      picker.setIndexes([
-        getIndex('province', code),
-        getIndex('city', code),
-        getIndex('county', code),
-      ]);
-    };
-
-    // parse output columns data
-    const parseValues = (values: AreaColumnOption[]) =>
-      values.map((value, index) => {
-        if (value) {
-          value = deepClone(value);
-
-          if (!value.code || value.name === props.columnsPlaceholder[index]) {
-            value.code = '';
-            value.name = '';
-          }
-        }
-
-        return value;
-      });
-
-    const getValues = () => {
-      if (pickerRef.value) {
-        const values = pickerRef.value
-          .getValues<AreaColumnOption>()
-          .filter(Boolean);
-        return parseValues(values);
-      }
-      return [];
-    };
-
-    const getArea = () => {
-      const values = getValues();
-      const area = {
-        code: '',
-        country: '',
-        province: '',
-        city: '',
-        county: '',
-      };
-
-      if (!values.length) {
-        return area;
-      }
-
-      const names = values.map((item) => item.name);
-      const validValues = values.filter((value) => value.code);
-
-      area.code = validValues.length
-        ? validValues[validValues.length - 1].code
-        : '';
-
-      if (props.isOverseaCode(area.code)) {
-        area.country = names[1] || '';
-        area.province = names[2] || '';
-      } else {
-        area.province = names[0] || '';
-        area.city = names[1] || '';
-        area.county = names[2] || '';
-      }
-
-      return area;
-    };
-
-    const reset = (newCode = '') => {
-      state.code = newCode;
-      setValues();
-    };
-
-    const onChange = (values: AreaColumnOption[], index: number) => {
-      state.code = values[index].code;
-      setValues();
-
-      if (pickerRef.value) {
-        const parsedValues = parseValues(pickerRef.value.getValues());
-        emit('change', parsedValues, index);
-      }
-    };
-
-    const onConfirm = (values: AreaColumnOption[], index: number) => {
-      setValues();
-      emit('confirm', parseValues(values), index);
-    };
+    const columns = computed(() =>
+      formatDataForCascade(
+        props.areaList,
+        props.columnsNum,
+        props.columnsPlaceholder
+      )
+    );
 
+    const onChange = (...args: unknown[]) => emit('change', ...args);
     const onCancel = (...args: unknown[]) => emit('cancel', ...args);
-
-    onMounted(setValues);
+    const onConfirm = (...args: unknown[]) => emit('confirm', ...args);
 
     watch(
-      () => props.value,
-      (value) => {
-        state.code = value;
-        setValues();
-      }
+      codes,
+      (newCodes) => {
+        const lastCode = newCodes.length ? newCodes[newCodes.length - 1] : '';
+        if (lastCode && lastCode !== props.modelValue) {
+          emit('update:modelValue', lastCode);
+        }
+      },
+      { deep: true }
     );
 
-    watch(() => props.areaList, setValues, { deep: true });
-
     watch(
-      () => props.columnsNum,
-      () => nextTick(setValues)
+      () => props.modelValue,
+      (newCode) => {
+        const lastCode = codes.value.length
+          ? codes.value[codes.value.length - 1]
+          : '';
+        if (newCode && newCode !== lastCode) {
+          codes.value = [
+            `${newCode.slice(0, 2)}0000`,
+            `${newCode.slice(0, 4)}00`,
+            newCode,
+          ].slice(0, +props.columnsNum);
+        }
+      },
+      { immediate: true }
     );
 
-    useExpose({ reset, getArea, getValues });
-
-    return () => {
-      const columns = state.columns.slice(0, +props.columnsNum);
-
-      return (
-        <Picker
-          v-slots={pick(slots, INHERIT_SLOTS)}
-          ref={pickerRef}
-          class={bem()}
-          columns={columns}
-          columnsFieldNames={{ text: 'name' }}
-          onChange={onChange}
-          onCancel={onCancel}
-          onConfirm={onConfirm}
-          {...pick(props, INHERIT_PROPS)}
-        />
-      );
-    };
+    return () => (
+      <Picker
+        v-model={codes.value}
+        v-slots={pick(slots, INHERIT_SLOTS)}
+        class={bem()}
+        columns={columns.value}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        onCancel={onCancel}
+        onConfirm={onConfirm}
+        {...pick(props, INHERIT_PROPS)}
+      />
+    );
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/vant/src/area/demo/index.vue b/packages/vant/src/area/demo/index.vue
index e63f7c2e6..e6ff04c57 100644
--- a/packages/vant/src/area/demo/index.vue
+++ b/packages/vant/src/area/demo/index.vue
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const value = ref('330302');
 
 <template>
   <demo-block card :title="t('basicUsage')">
-    <van-area :title="t('title')" :area-list="t('areaList')" />
+    <van-area v-model="value" :title="t('title')" :area-list="t('areaList')" />
   </demo-block>
 
   <demo-block card :title="t('title2')">
diff --git a/packages/vant/src/area/index.ts b/packages/vant/src/area/index.ts
index 43bba0dd7..b019703c0 100644
--- a/packages/vant/src/area/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vant/src/area/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import _Area from './Area';
 export const Area = withInstall(_Area);
 export default Area;
 export type { AreaProps } from './Area';
-export type { AreaList, AreaInstance, AreaColumnOption } from './types';
+export type { AreaList, AreaInstance } from './types';
 
 declare module 'vue' {
   export interface GlobalComponents {
diff --git a/packages/vant/src/area/types.ts b/packages/vant/src/area/types.ts
index d182ba9c9..c9c8f6478 100644
--- a/packages/vant/src/area/types.ts
+++ b/packages/vant/src/area/types.ts
@@ -8,23 +8,4 @@ export type AreaList = {
   province_list: Record<string, string>;
 };
 
-export type AreaColumnOption = {
-  name: string;
-  code: string;
-};
-
-export type AreaColumnType = 'province' | 'county' | 'city';
-
-export type AreaExpose = {
-  reset: (newCode?: string) => void;
-  getArea: () => {
-    code: string;
-    country: string;
-    province: string;
-    city: string;
-    county: string;
-  };
-  getValues: () => AreaColumnOption[];
-};
-
-export type AreaInstance = ComponentPublicInstance<AreaProps, AreaExpose>;
+export type AreaInstance = ComponentPublicInstance<AreaProps>;
diff --git a/packages/vant/src/area/utils.ts b/packages/vant/src/area/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3a8d9720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vant/src/area/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import type { AreaList } from '.';
+import type { PickerOption } from '../picker';
+
+const EMPTY_CODE = '000000';
+
+const makeOption = (
+  text = '',
+  value = EMPTY_CODE,
+  children?: PickerOption[]
+): PickerOption => ({
+  text,
+  value,
+  children,
+});
+
+export function formatDataForCascade(
+  { city_list: city, county_list: county, province_list: province }: AreaList,
+  columnsNum: number | string,
+  placeholder: string[]
+) {
+  const showCity = columnsNum > 1;
+  const showCounty = columnsNum > 2;
+
+  const getCityChildren = () => {
+    if (showCounty) {
+      return placeholder.length ? [makeOption(placeholder[1])] : [];
+    }
+  };
+
+  const getProvinceChildren = () => {
+    if (showCity) {
+      return placeholder.length
+        ? [makeOption(placeholder[0], EMPTY_CODE, showCounty ? [] : undefined)]
+        : [];
+    }
+  };
+
+  const provinceMap = new Map<string, PickerOption>();
+  Object.keys(province).forEach((code) => {
+    provinceMap.set(
+      code.slice(0, 2),
+      makeOption(province[code], code, getProvinceChildren())
+    );
+  });
+
+  const cityMap = new Map<string, PickerOption>();
+  if (showCity) {
+    Object.keys(city).forEach((code) => {
+      const option = makeOption(city[code], code, getCityChildren());
+      cityMap.set(code.slice(0, 4), option);
+
+      const province = provinceMap.get(code.slice(0, 2));
+      if (province) {
+        province.children!.push(option);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (showCounty) {
+    Object.keys(county).forEach((code) => {
+      const city = cityMap.get(code.slice(0, 4));
+      if (city) {
+        city.children!.push(makeOption(county[code], code));
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  const options = Array.from(provinceMap.values()) as PickerOption[];
+
+  if (placeholder.length) {
+    const county = showCounty
+      ? [makeOption(placeholder[2], EMPTY_CODE)]
+      : undefined;
+    const city = showCity
+      ? [makeOption(placeholder[1], EMPTY_CODE, county)]
+      : undefined;
+    options.unshift(makeOption(placeholder[0], EMPTY_CODE, city));
+  }
+
+  return options;
+}