<abstract><p>In the philosophy of rough set theory, the methodologies of rough soft sets and rough fuzzy sets have been being examined to be efficient mathematical tools to deal with unpredictability. The basic of approximations in rough set theory is based on equivalence relations. In the aftermath, such theory is extended by arbitrary binary relations and fuzzy relations for more wide approximation spaces. In recent years, the notion of picture hesitant fuzzy relations by Mathew et al. can be considered as a novel extension of fuzzy relations. Then this paper proposes extended approximations into rough soft sets and rough fuzzy sets from the viewpoint of its. We give corresponding examples to illustrate the correctness of such approximations. The relationships between the set-valued picture hesitant fuzzy relations with the upper (resp., lower) rough approximations of soft sets and fuzzy sets are investigated. Especially, it is shown that every non-rough soft set and non-rough fuzzy set can be induced by set-valued picture hesitant fuzzy reflexive relations and set-valued picture hesitant fuzzy antisymmetric relations. By processing the approximations and advantages in the new existing tools, some terms and products have been applied to semigroups. Then, we provide attractive results of upper (resp., lower) rough approximations of prime idealistic soft semigroups over semigroups and fuzzy prime ideals of semigroups induced by set-valued picture hesitant fuzzy relations on semigroups.</p></abstract>